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A Kentucky jury awarded over $104 million to Laura Herp, mother of Henry Willis, in a lawsuit against Husky Armory LLC and parent company Up North Media LLC for negligence. Henry, an 18-year-old with schizophrenia, died by suicide six days after receiving a gun-building kit sold by the company, which failed to conduct background checks that would have blocked his purchase.

A Kentucky jury awarded Laura Herp over $104 million in a lawsuit against Husky Armory LLC and Up North Media LLC, its parent company, for selling a ghost gun kit to her son Henry Willis, who died by suicide six days after receiving it. The verdict, the largest in U.S. history against a firearms seller, highlights the company's failure to conduct background checks that would have revealed Henry's age and mental health diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Laura Herp was awarded over $104 million in a lawsuit against Husky Armory LLC and Up North Media LLC after her son Henry Willis, who had schizophrenia, died by suicide using a gun built from a kit sold to him at age 18. The verdict marks the largest U.S. award against a ghost-gun seller, as the company failed to conduct background checks that would have blocked the sale.

A Kentucky jury awarded $104 million to the mother of Henry Willis, an 18-year-old who committed suicide after purchasing an illegal ghost gun kit from Husky Armory LLC. The companies involved, Husky Armory LLC and Up North Media LLC, did not respond to the lawsuit or attend the trial. The verdict is described as the largest jury award against a gun dealer in U.S. history.