Source: Washington Post
“A federal jury on Thursday found Walmart negligent for selling a shotgun used in a suicide and awarded the family of the victim — who worked at the store — millions in damages. The verdict followed a 10-day civil trial in Maryland that focused on communications among employees inside a Walmart store 45 miles south of Washington. The family of the 23-year-old who took his life, Jacob Mace, said store managers knew Mace was suicidal and did nothing to ensure that he couldn’t buy a gun from the store. Walmart argued that the managers didn’t know Mace’s intentions and that he legally bought the gun after clearing a federal background check.” [editor’s note: If the guy wanted to kill himself, how is Walmart responsible? Does his family claim he was their property? – TLK] (01/22/26)