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المقال

12 إبريل 2019

الكاتب:
Dave Collins, Associated Press

USA: Gun manufacturer Remington to appeal to US Supreme Court re ruling for wrongful death lawsuit in Sandy Hook shooting

"Gun-maker to ask Supreme Court to hear Sandy Hook appeal", 9 Apr 2019

Facing a newly revived wrongful death lawsuit in Connecticut over the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, gun-maker Remington is going to the U.S. Supreme Court to argue it can't be sued because of a much-debated federal law that shields firearms manufacturers from liability in most cases...

The Connecticut Supreme Court issued a 4-3 ruling last month saying the Madison, North Carolina-based company can be sued under state law for how it marketed the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used to kill 20 first-graders and six educators at the Newtown school in 2012. The decision reinstated part of a lawsuit by some of the victims' families that had been completely dismissed by a lower court judge...

Remington's lawyers have notified the Connecticut high court that they intend to ask the nation's highest court to hear the company's appeal of last month's decision, according to a motion filed with the state court Friday. The company has until June to file papers with the U.S. Supreme Court...

Lawyers for Remington, Scott Harrington and James Vogts, wrote in the recent motion that the Connecticut high court "recognized that guidance from the Supreme Court is needed by acknowledging that congressional intent to protect firearm manufacturers from litigation is not clear, and it is 'possible that Congress intended to broadly immunize firearm sellers from liability' for the conduct that Plaintiffs have alleged."...

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USA: Relatives of Sandy Hook school massacre victims file lawsuit against gun-maker Remington

Gun industry lawsuit (re Sandy Hook shooting in USA)

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