Sandy Hook parents' lawsuit against gun maker dismissed
HARTFORD, Conn. _ A Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the families of some of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting against the manufacturer of the weapon used in the massacre.
In a 54-page written ruling, Judge Barbara Bellis agreed with attorneys for Remington Outdoor Co. that the lawsuit "falls squarely within the broad immunity" provided by federal law, specifically the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
Attorneys for Remington had filed the motion to dismiss the case several months ago based on PLCAA and had been delaying producing documents the plaintiffs were requesting through discovery as they waited for Bellis' ruling.
The families of 10 victims of the Sandy Hook shooting filed the lawsuit in January 2015 against the Remington Outdoor Co., the maker of the Bushmaster rifle used by Adam Lanza to kill 26 people, including 20 first-graders, inside the Newtown school.
The lawsuit also named Camfour Holding LLC, the gun's distributor and Riverview Sales, the store where Nancy Lanza, Adam's mother, bought the AR-15. Bellis dismissed the lawsuit against all of the companies.
_The Hartford Courant
