FiveSeven goes Boom! Possible design flaw.

[boricua9mm]

I wasn't referring to the OP of THIS thread, as all he did was repost and reference the other thread on fiveseven forum.

I'm not at all interested in going over there and signing up for an account just to tell the guy he needs to do some better damage control. He is a member here now, and he can either take it or leave it. No skin off my back.

I agree with Joeywhat, this could be seen by FN as libel. They took care of the guy, went leaps and bounds out of their way to make him happy, but they still have a negative thread on the internet. Not to mention, threads on BBSs have a tendency to index really well in internet search results.

[Dhunter55]

Originally Posted by Joeywhat

Libel, to start...

I doubt that would fly. A lawsuit most likely would never made it to court before a settlement by both parties were made, much in the same way many personal injury cases are settled. I doubt the replacement handgun was an act of kindness as much as an appeasement to gain favor.

Alls well that ends well. The guy gets a new pistol, learns a lesson about reloads, and carries some shrapnel around for the rest of his days to remind him of the accident.

[Joeywhat]

Originally Posted by Dhunter55

I doubt that would fly. The whole thing might never made it to court before a settlement by both parties were made in the same way many personal injury cases are settled. I doubt the replacement handgun was an act of kindness as much as an appeasement to gain favor.

Alls well that ends well. They guy gets a new pistol, learns a lesson about reloads and has some shrapnel to carry around for the rest of his days to remind him of the incident.

The owner wouldn't sue FNH for Libel, it would happen the other way around.

I'm really not sure why someone who blew up their gun with reloads would even get a lawyer to represent them for a suit against the manufacturer of the gun.

FN sent him the gun because it shut him up. The internet is a wicked beast, and it doesn't take long for the gossip to start. One guy screams foul play and next thing you know every gun forum in the world knows about it. FN did some damage control to keep things under wraps.

But either way it wouldn't be in FN's interest to sue, unless it was in teh form of a countersuit.

[Dhunter55]

Reply in red:

Originally Posted by Joeywhat

The owner wouldn't sue FNH for Libel, it would happen the other way around.

I know that! I didn't say he (gun owner) would sue for libel.

I'm really not sure why someone who blew up their gun with reloads would even get a lawyer to represent them for a suit against the manufacturer of the gun.

Ever hear of percentage of liability? If the owner sued, he'd sue for a defective product, however, he's assumes a percentage of liability for the reload.

FN sent him the gun because it shut him up. The internet is a wicked beast, and it doesn't take long for the gossip to start. One guy screams foul play and next thing you know every gun forum in the world knows about it. FN did some damage control to keep things under wraps.

I agree!

But either way it wouldn't be in FN's interest to sue, unless it was in teh form of a countersuit.

Agreed!

[D-Bo]

Originally Posted by Conceyted

Edit my post? I was just throwing up something I read on the other forum. It is kind of like putting up a news story. You don't go back and change the title once it has happened. Along with my post is a date. If you look at the correlation in date between when this was posted and what was going on in the other FN thread you will notice that this is all on the same timeline. It would be different if I posted it yesterday after FN had come back with the verdict.

Eh, I thought about that for a second just now and decided that instead of editing the post I would append to it. That way none of the old info changed, and to someone reading this for the first time they can see that this was not as it seemed when it was posted.

That's what I was talking about with an edit, simply adding this new info to the original post.