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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 1877163" data-attributes="member: 44954">MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jurors ordered a Wisconsin gun shop to pay nearly $6 million on Tuesday to two Milwaukee police officers who were shot and seriously wounded by a gun purchased at the store.The ruling came in a negligence lawsuit filed by the officers against Badger Guns, a shop in suburban Milwaukee that authorities have linked to hundreds of firearms found at crime scenes. The lawsuit alleges the store ignored several warning signs that the gun was being sold to a &quot;straw buyer,&quot; or someone who was buying a gun for someone who couldn&#039;t legally do so.Jurors ruled that store was negligent in selling the gun and ordered the store to pay Norberg $1.5 million and Kunisch $3.6 million, in addition to $730,000 in punitive damages.The officers&#039; lawyer, Patrick Dunphy, said Tuesday that he expects years of appeals in the case. Defense attorneys declined to comment.<a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7159a8096ed045008fc86c00afe0d289/gun-shop-ordered-pay-millions-injured-police-officers" target="_blank">http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7159a8096ed045008fc86c00afe0d289/gun-shop-ordered-pay-millions-injured-police-officers</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 1877163, member: 44954"] MILWAUKEE (AP) — [B]Jurors ordered a Wisconsin gun shop to pay nearly $6 million on Tuesday to two Milwaukee police officers who were shot and seriously wounded by a gun purchased at the store.[/B] The ruling came in a negligence lawsuit filed by the officers against Badger Guns, a shop in suburban Milwaukee that authorities have linked to hundreds of firearms found at crime scenes. The lawsuit alleges the store ignored several warning signs that the gun was being sold to a "straw buyer," or someone who was buying a gun for someone who couldn't legally do so. Jurors ruled that store was negligent in selling the gun and ordered the store to pay Norberg $1.5 million and Kunisch $3.6 million, in addition to $730,000 in punitive damages. The officers' lawyer, Patrick Dunphy, said Tuesday that he expects years of appeals in the case. Defense attorneys declined to comment. [URL]http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7159a8096ed045008fc86c00afe0d289/gun-shop-ordered-pay-millions-injured-police-officers[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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