Why only for guns, though? And in this case, they were suing the retailer (i.e., the dealer, Lucky Gunner ), not the manufacturer.
Seems pretty odd, but good luck to the dealer trying to collect on that judgement. They'd be crazy to initiate that kind of bad plublicity...
http://blogs.reuters.com/alison-frankel/2015/04/24/ammo-dealers-want-aurora-massacre-victims-parents-to-pay-their-legal-fees/
And then again, you have this 'enlightened' POV....
http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=16472