Owner Liability for Injury Caused by Entrusted Firearm

The case concerned a claim for damages resulting from a minor's injury caused by a firearm negligently handled by another minor who had borrowed it, where the plaintiff sought to hold the firearm's owner liable under the strict liability provisions applicable to objects that pose an inherent danger. The court held that the owner of the firearm, who had entrusted it to a third party despite knowing the borrower was a minor and that the object was dangerous, could not escape liability by claiming the fault lay solely with the borrower; the inherent danger of the object justified holding the owner strictly liable for the resulting harm, necessitating the quashing of the lower court's decision which had relieved the owner of responsibility.