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Rhiannon12866

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Mon May 30, 2022, 02:52 AM May 2022

How Sandy Hook families, gunmaker settled unprecedented lawsuit - CBS Sunday Morning



Francine and David Wheeler, whose son Ben was among the 26 students, teachers and staff killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., are one of nine families who accomplished the unthinkable: they sued Remington Arms, which recently settled the lawsuit for $73 million, the largest payout by a gun company to victims of a mass shooting. Correspondent Tracy Smith looks at the legal strategy used against an industry that was viewed by many as protected from liability over gun violence. Aired on 05/29/2022.


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How Sandy Hook families, gunmaker settled unprecedented lawsuit - CBS Sunday Morning (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 May 2022 OP
A ruling which now serves as a solid precedent for other suits against AR-15 manufacturers, ancianita May 2022 #1
Families in Uvalde should sue Daniel Defense dalton99a May 2022 #2
Better still; Google the Location and shut the damn place down with 1,000,000 Demonstrators magicguido May 2022 #3

ancianita

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1. A ruling which now serves as a solid precedent for other suits against AR-15 manufacturers,
Mon May 30, 2022, 10:58 AM
May 2022

many of which have moved headquarters to the South. Remington moved its headquarters from NC to GA.



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