Date Set For Sandy Hook Families' Supreme Court Case: Reports

NEWTOWN, CT — The Connecticut State Supreme Court has set a date to hear a lawsuit filed by ten families of Sandy Hook victims against Remington Outdoor Co., the company which made the weapon the shooter used to kill 20 students and six educators on Dec. 14, 2012. According to multiple media reports including the News Times, arguments will be heard beginning on Nov. 14.

The families filed a wrongful death suit against the maker of the Bushmaster AR-15. The suit was dismissed in Bridgeport Superior Court in 2016, which led to the families appealing the suit. The judge ruled Remington was protected by federal law.

Momentum has been building for a state Supreme Court hearing since the case was dismissed. Attorney Josh Koskoff wrote a legal brief arguing the maker of the Bushmaster AR-15 knowingly marketed a military weapon to a high-risk class of young males fascinated by violent video games, according to a previous report from the Hartford Courant.

Lawyers of doctors who treated victims of several mass shootings, including Dr. William Begg of Danbury Hospital, then filed an amicus brief in the Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms case.

In the brief, the doctors argue that the AR-15 and "similar military assault weapons create a unique class of unacceptable emergencies and trauma." The doctors argue that the common law of negligent entrustment should permit the public to seek recourse against gun manufactures.

"The extraordinary power of these military assault rifles not only makes them unnecessary for hunting and self-defense, but also poses a severe public health risk to innocent civilians," writes the doctors."The Connecticut common law of negligent entrustment should hold the makers and sellers of the AR-15 accountable for this risk."

Attorney Josh Koskoff makes his final arguments at Superior Court in Bridgeport in a lawsuit against Remington Arms Co. Koskoff wrote the firs legal brief seeking to have the state's Supreme Court reinstate the lawsuit . (Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media via the Associated Press, Pool)