Connecticut must have a frivolous litigation statute, analogous to Rule 11 of the FRCP on the Federal side.
Such statutes generally require that the defendant's lawyers send a "notice letter", warning the plaintiff's lawyer that they believe the suit to be without merit and putting him on notice that if the suit fails they will seek penalties and attorney fees for filing a pleading "that the pleader knows to be without merit".
I only did this once in my checkered legal career, but it was sure a whole lot of fun, and my client got all his legal fees back from the plaintiff's attorney and his client, which pleased him greatly. And of course it made the front page of the local paper and shamed the plaintiff's attorney (to the extent that such creatures are capable of feeling shame).
Looks to me like a letter sent certified mail, return receipt requested, had just enough time to reach this lawyer's mailbox.
From the article:
“By law, any claim against the state must be approved by the state claims commissioner before it can move forward. The state attorney general serves as the state’s defense attorney.
“The Office of the Claims Commissioner is not the appropriate venue for that important and complex discussion,” Jepsen said in his statement.
“Although the investigation is still under way, we are aware of no facts or legal theory under which the state of Connecticut should be liable for causing the harms inflicted at Sandy Hook Elementary School,” he said.”
New Haven, Connecticut-based attorney Irving Pinsky said he dropped the claim because he was evaluating new evidence
I say BS! Since when has a scum bag attorney ever decided to withdraw a lawsuit under the excuse he needed to "evaluate new evidence"?
Pressure was put on him by who knows who because the obvious cause of this tragedy was the lack of armed security and the NRA has come forward to point that out.
By successfully defending this lawsuit, it would not only validate the NRA's claim but severely diminish the government's claim that "assault weapons" are ultimately to blame and need to be banned.........
This was only one family he was representing, who know what offers are being made by the government to all the other families who lost their children in exchange for their silence and to not pursue this in a court of law.
If we don't hear of any other families involved in this tragedy filing lawsuits, then you can bet your butt that what I posted above is true.......Only time will tell.......
You are now one of my favorite people.