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Beretta Degrading Rubber Inserts Class Action Lawsuit Overview:
- Who: Glenn A. Kornegay filed a class action lawsuit against Beretta USA Corp.
- Why: Kornegay claims Beretta sells firearms containing rubber inserts that degrade over time, making stocks “sticky.”
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in the Alabama federal court.
Beretta USA manufactures and sells firearms containing rubber inserts that degrade over time, causing them to not work properly, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Glenn A. Kornegay claims rubber inserts Beretta puts inside firearms’ synthetic stocks and/or synthetic fore-ends degrade after several years of use, impeding gun owners from being able to use them “in a manner reasonably expected.”
Kornegay wants to represent a nationwide class of individuals who have purchased a Beretta firearm with a synthetic stock or fore-end containing a rubber insert since 1999.
Kornegay says the rubber molded inserts on his 12-gauge Beretta shotgun have become “extremely sticky and chipping,” despite the fact he has used the firearm “in the manner reasonably anticipated by Beretta.”
The degradation of the rubber has “adversely affected” Kornegay’s ability to use the shotgun since it made its stock and fore-end “uncomfortable to hold,” according to the class action lawsuit.
“The sticky stock and fore-end renders the firearm nigh impossible to use the long-practiced muscle memory to effectively mount the shotgun to Plaintiff’s shoulder and cheek and then swing naturally on the moving target,” the lawsuit states.
Beretta Aware Of The Issue, Fails To Fix It Or Notify Customers
Kornegay claims Beretta is aware of the issue but has failed to either make an attempt to fix the issue or warn its customers that the rubber inserts can begin degrading after only a few years of normal use.
“At no time or occasion has Beretta warned or instructed its purchasers that the rubber molded inserts on the synthetic stocks and fore-ends degrade or that exposure to the reasonably foreseeable conditions of usage and maintenance would render its firearms with the rubber molded inserts unfit for their intended purposes,” the class action lawsuit states.
Further, Kornegay argues that, in order to fix the issue, firearm owners have to pay out-of-pocket to purchase replacement fore-ends and stocks.
Kornegay claims Beretta is guilty of negligence and/or wantonness, breach of implied warranties and unjust enrichment. He is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory relief and compensatory damages for himself and all class members.
A separate complaint involving firearms was filed against the governor of New Jersey in 2020 by gun owners and gun shops arguing COVID-19-related business closures violated the 2nd Amendment.
Have you purchased a Beretta firearm containing a rubber insert that degraded over time? Let us know in the comments!
The plaintiff is represented by W. Lewis Garrison Jr., Mark R. Ekonen and Christopher B. Hood of Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC.
the Beretta Degrading Rubber Inserts Class Action Lawsuit is Kornegay v. Beretta USA Corp., case no. 2:22-cv-00124, in the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
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