A woman whose son was killed when a “Saturday night special” fell on a table and discharged in 2000 was awarded $6 million by a Fulton County jury, which held liable the pawnshop owner who sold her daughter the weapon.
The woman had sued the owner for negligence because he left a live round in it after trying unsuccessfully to unjam the .38-caliber pistol.
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