A stark battle between corporate and public interests is taking place in a courtroom in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where the families of 10 children killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School are suing Remington Arms, the company that makes and sells the semiautomatic weapon used by the killer, writes Alison Frankel for Reuters. The fight is over Remington’s marketing and sales information. Read more.
Judge Compares Guns to Cigarettes In Sandy Hook Lawsuit
A Connecticut judge struggled for reasons to avoid dismissing a potentially groundbreaking lawsuit against Remington Arms, reports Forbes. At one point she asked lawyers whether claims against the manufacturer of the gun used in the Sandy Hook school massacre were similar to tobacco litigation. At the end of the hearing in Superior Court in Bridgeport Judge Barbara Bellis urged attorneys for the gun maker and families of the victims to consider sending a crucial question about the applicability of a state consumer-protection statute to the Connecticut Supreme Court for review, because, she said, “One way or another it is going to end up there.”
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