Ammunition Maker’s $7.5 Million Liability for Back Injury Upheld

A SWAT team member injured by a stray Safariland LLC ammunition round during a training exercise presented trial evidence supporting the jury’s liability finding and $7.5 million compensatory damages award, according to the federal court in Illinois that oversaw the case.

The jury could have rationally concluded that Safariland failed to relay a “key safety-related point” about how its TKO breaking rounds disintegrate, Judge Thomas M. Durkin said Monday for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The shells contain zinc powder and are used to destroy locks, hinges, and other door hardware, he said.

And injured ...