USA: Gun manufacturers Remington & Bushmaster ask Connecticut Supreme Court to dismiss liability lawsuit by families of Sandy Hook shooting victims
"Gunmakers Urge Conn. Supreme Court to Toss Sandy Hook Case", 16 May 2017 [subsctiption required]
Two gunmakers facing a liability lawsuit in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre are asking the Connecticut Supreme Court to toss out the case, largely on the same grounds they used to win a dismissal last year.
Gun manufacturers Remington and Bushmaster argued several of the victims' families have no standing under the negligent entrustment clause of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act or a separate federal law, which broadly protects manufacturers and distributors from liability suits. Remington owns Bushmaster, which made the AR-15 rifle used by Adam Lanza in the 2012 massacre...
The crux of the families' argument involves negligent entrustment and a claim that the gunmakers knew their product was dangerous, but sold it anyway...
The weapon was also legal in Connecticut when it was sold to Nancy Lanza [Adam Lanza's mother] in March 2010, and the manufacturers should not be responsible for the crimes her son committed in December 2012, according to the brief...
The families have until June 9 to file their response...