Kelley v. R.G. Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
497 A.2d 1143 (1985)
Relevant factsFree
Olen Kelley (plaintiff) was shot during a store robbery with a gun designed by a German company and assembled by R.G. Industries (defendant) in Miami. Kelley sued the manufacturers on a strict liability theory, arguing that manufacturing handguns was itself an abnormally dangerous activity.
IssueFree
Whether, for a defendant to be held strictly liable for conducting an abnormally dangerous activity, the activity must be abnormally dangerous in relation to the area in or land on which it occurs.