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OPINION: Upholding Liability Law In The Face Of Tragedy

By Victor Schwartz, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP (December 13, 2016, 11:52 AM EST) -- To the surprise of many, the Connecticut Supreme Court recently decided to review a trial court's dismissal of a lawsuit against the makers and sellers of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting on Dec. 14, 2012. On that day, America was stunned to learn that a 20-year-old man entered the Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school and savagely murdered 26 people, including 20 children between ages six and seven....

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