Cabela's controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Court allows lawsuit against Cabela’s store to proceed
Ruling
A court ruling allowed a lawsuit against the Cabela’s store in Cheektowaga to proceed after it sold ammunition to Jake Klocek. The victim’s family alleges that Cabela’s failed to use reasonable care in the sale.
Source excerpt
The latest is the court ruling allowing a lawsuit against the Cabela’s store in Cheektowaga to proceed after it sold ammunition to then- 19-year-old Jake Klocek, who used it in a handgun to accidentally kill 19-year-old Anthony King, a friend he’d invited over while housesitting for an Elma couple.
The suit by the victim’s family contends that Cabela’s – a defendant along with Klocek and the Elma couple – “knew or should have known its failure to use reasonable care” in selling the ammunition to someone like Klocek would result in serious injury or death.
2011
World's Foremost Bank FDIC settlement
Cabela's banking subsidiary agreed to provide $10.1 million in restitution and pay a $250,000 penalty in an FDIC settlement concerning banking practices. The bank did not admit wrongdoing but agreed to modify certain practices.