Posted March 14, 2019 4:23 pm by Comments

By Personal Defense World

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a lawsuit against Remington, filed by the parents of children killed in the 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, can proceed.

Justices narrowly voted 4-3 allowing the lawsuit to move forward. The lawsuit challenges how Remington marketed the Bushmaster AR-15 used at Sandy Hook to younger shooters. A lower-court judge dismissed the lawsuit in 2016, referencing that Remington is protected under federal law.

New Ruling From the Connecticut Supreme Court

The 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) protects firearms manufacturers from being held liable for mass shooting. So what changed Thursday?

The judges found an exemption to the PLCAA that allows the plaintiffs to challenge Remington’s marketing tactics. According to a report from Reuters, the Connecticut Supreme Court said the families could present their claims via an “exemption to the 2005 federal shield law, basing it on a Connecticut consumer protection statute.”

The court said PLCAA did not bar wrongful marketing claims and unethical advertising of dangerous products for illegal purposes and that plaintiffs could pursue those claims under state law.

Three dissenting judges rejected that finding, saying the federal gunmaker shield law did not include …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life

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