Ninth Circuit Asked to Revive Suit Over Stolen Gun Used in San Francisco Pier Shooting
The U.S. government says it can't be held liable for negligence because the connection between the theft of a ranger's gun and a shooting that happened four days later are too far apart.
A portrait of Kate Steinle displayed at a memorial site on Pier 14 in San Francisco, Calif.(Paul Chinn /San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A lawyer for the family of a woman shot dead on a San Francisco pier by a federal ranger’s stolen gun asked a Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday to let a jury decide if the U.S. government should be held liable for her death.