A per curiam order from a Pennsylvania appeals court revived a family’s suit over the shooting death of their 13-year-old son, with a slim majority of the en banc panel determining the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act does not bar the plaintiffs’ state products liability claim.

Five of the Superior Court judges supported the Aug. 12 order reversing a trial court’s decision to sustain the defendants’ preliminary objections, while four said the trial court had correctly determined the PLCAA protected the defendants from the plaintiff’s suit.

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