A Connecticut judge on Friday wiped out a lawsuit filed by the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that targeted several gun makers, finding the case fit “squarely” within liability protections Congress created for the firearms industry.
Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis granted motions from the gun manufacturers, including Remington Arms Co. and Bushmaster Firearms, to dismiss the complaint which alleged that the companies should be held civilly liable for the 2012 shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead.
“The allegations in the present case do not fit within the common-law tort of negligent entrustment under well-established Connecticut law, nor do they come within [the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act]'s definition of negligent entrustment,” Bellis said.
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Max Mitchell
Max Mitchell is ALM's Regional Managing Editor for The Legal Intelligencer, New Jersey Law Journal, Delaware Business Court Insider and Delaware Law Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @MMitchellTLI. His email is [email protected].
