Morgan Lewis & Bockius was entitled to withdraw from representing a Turkish arms manufacturer that still owes $25 million on a three-decades-old products liability and civil contempt judgment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled.
Plaintiff Robert Ohntrup was shot through the hand when the pistol he was loading malfunctioned. The manufacturer, Makina ve Kimya Endustrisi Kurumu (MKEK), and the gun’s seller were found jointly liable for $847,000. MKEK is wholly owned by the Turkish government and has not participated in post-judgment proceedings for 25 years.
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