The Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a family could not seek a civil recovery for a worker’s fatal shooting during a firearms training exercise.
Case: In re Estate of Gorman v. State, No. 2019-CA-01240-SCT, 12/17/2020, published.
Facts: John Gorman worked for the Mississippi Gaming Commission. The agency wanted its employees to be better equipped at handling threats, and it made firearms training courses mandatory.
Robert Sharp was a highly trained certified firearms instructor and led the courses.
On Jan. 21, 2015, Sharp led training with the assistance of Gorman, Be...
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