$11M Jury Award Against Sig Sauer for Defective Design Resulting in Injury

A Philadelphia jury awarded $11 million in damages to a U.S. Army veteran who was shot by his own Sig Sauer P320 pistol while it was in its holster and without his hands touching the gun.

The jury found that Sig Sauer defectively designed the P320, was negligent in selling the gun, and showed reckless indifference to the rights of others in the distribution of the pistol. The verdict and jury award – $10 million in punitive damages, and $1 million in compensatory damages –  followed a three-week trial in the first Pennsylvania P320 case against Sig Sauer to go to trial.