MILWAUKEE POLICE UNION SUES OVER SIG SAUER PISTOL … AND MORE
The Milwaukee Police Association has filed the latest lawsuit over Newington-based Sig Sauer’s P320 pistol.
The union says the department-issued handguns have inadvertently misfired three times in the last two years resulting in injuries to two officers.
The lawsuit alleges that when the city purchased the guns in 2019, it knew, or should have known, about the discharge and safety issues. It also says that during training for the weapons, the city “failed to disclose that the P320 had issues with discharging without a trigger pull, and the officers relied on the safety training to be accurate and complete.”
It’s the most recent legal action involving the P320, which has been the target of some 20 individual civil lawsuits.
In September, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Laplante rejected a proposed class action lawsuit filed by an Arizona gun owner who argued his P320 lost value due to an alleged design flaw involving the weapon’s trigger. In addition, U.S. District Judge Landya McCafferty, hearing a suit brought by a Hillsborough man, ruled that Sig Sauer had not violated the state’s Consumer Protection Act in how it markets the gun.
MUNCH’S SUPPLY ACQUIRES TOTAL AIR SUPPLY OF DERRY
Munch’s Supply of New Lenox, Ill., a national distributor of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment, has acquired Total Air Supply and Spiral Air Manufacturing, a nearly 50-year-old Derry-based distributor and custom fabricator of HVAC supplies and equipment.
The acquisition includes all three of Total Air Supply’s three branches — it also has facilities in Manchester and Nashua. The deal will expand Munch’s geographic footprint to 74 locations serving 17 states and one Canadian province.
In 2021, Munch’s Supply acquired Air Purchases of New Hampshire Inc., a Manchester-based distributor of HVAC equipment and accessories for residential and commercial markets.
CINEPLEX MAKES APPROACH FOR REGAL CINEMAS
Canadian cinema chain Cineplex has approached bankrupt rival Cineworld’s lenders for a potential merger with the British company’s U.S. unit, Regal Entertainment, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Cineworld and Cineplex have been locked in a multimillion-dollar legal battle since the London-listed company rescinded its offer to buy Cineplex more than two years ago. Cineworld has since been struggling to rein in massive debt and this month filed for bankruptcy in the United States.
The planned Cineplex takeover was abandoned in 2020, with Cineworld citing breaches in the merger agreement, prompting an $894 million damages claim by the Canadian business.
In New Hampshire, there are Regal Entertainment theaters in Concord, Hooksett and Newington.
OLYMPIA SPORTS FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY, CLOSES REMAINING STORES
Three years after athletic wear retailer Olympia Sports sold half its stores to a California-based company, the Westbrook, Maine-based company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it liquidates its remaining 34 stores.
Six of those stores are in New Hampshire — in Littleton, Londonderry, Manchester, Nashua, North Conway and Salem.
In 2019, Olympia sold 75 stores to CriticalPoint Capital, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., for an undisclosed amount. Now part of Denver-based Antero Brands, Olympia Sports has been downsizing ever since, with going-out-of-business sales currently in progress at its remaining stores.
