Posted on 03/14/2019 11:00:34 AM PDT by jazusamo
The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday said a lawsuit challenging how Remington marketed the rifle used in the December 2012 Newtown school shooting can proceed, overturning a lower court’s outright dismissal of the case.
In a 4-3 opinion, the court narrowly ruled that families of victims of the Newtown school shooting can challenge whether Remington violated trade practices in how it marketed the AR-15-style rifle used in the shooting.
“The regulation of advertising that threatens the public’s health, safety, and morals has long been considered a core exercise of the states’ police powers,” Justice Richard Palmer wrote for the majority.
The case had been closely watched by advocates on both sides of the gun issue.
It marks another case involving a 2005 federal law that generally shields gun makers and manufacturers from liability for crimes committed involving their products. Courts have dismissed other similar wrongful death lawsuits on those grounds.
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Better yet, make the plaintiffs responsible for the defendants legal fees.
Discovery should be interesting. Get all the info on the “parents” and “victims” and the fact that the school seems to have been unused for 4 years prior to the shooting. Depose the medical examiner.
More judicial tyranny.
One can’t advertise for a gun in ct. There
It’s like a cigarette ad now.
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