Sandy Hook Families Set For State Supreme Court Hearing

NEWTOWN, CT ― In an effort to appeal to the state's highest court, nine families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims will go before the Connecticut Supreme Court for an appeal of their lawsuit against Remington Arms Co., the makers of the AR-15 rifle used in the shooting. The family of one survivor is also a part of the lawsuit.

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 had 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.

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Surgeons who treated the victims of the 2012 massacre that left 20 children and six teachers dead also supported the reinstatement of the lawsuit,filing an amicus brief in support of the families' case.

Additionally, Attorney General George asked the state's Supreme Court to revive the lawsuit arguing the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act does not require a direct relationship between the families and Remington, after a lower-court judge dismissed the lawsuit because of the lack of relationship between the two parties.

The first hearing in the case will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Connecticut Supreme Courthouse in Hartford.

Image via CT State Police report of weapon recovered at Sandy Hook Elementary School.