10 Sandy Hook families to sue Bushmaster, Nancy Lanza, and Sandy Hook Township

[squidvt]

Sandy Hook families file wrongful death claim notices

They have my sympathy abut this is not about the safety of or anything it's about the firearms.
It's about making money for the lawyers, and also making firearms more vilified.

 

[chipbennett]

Nobody has filed yet, but the deadline is Sunday, apparently.

I hope Bushmaster takes them to the cleaners in legal fees for filing a frivolous claim, if any try to do so.

(Note: my reading of the article shows that none of the parties has yet identified against whom they will file a claim.)

 

[HoughMade]

Let me break this down real quick:

Lawsuit against Bushmaster: publicity, no chance to win. Why? Federal immunity, the PLCAA

Township: schools have a high duty to protect children in their charge, but this was a hard one to see as "reasonably foreseeable", so it's probably not strong

Nancy Lanza: I have some strong opinions of the genesis of this mess and the parents are in the middle of it, but doesn't make for legal liability. When he had to kill her to get her guns, that has a tendency to cut off liability.

 

[chipbennett]

Let me break this down real quick:

Lawsuit against Bushmaster: publicity, no chance to win. Why? Federal immunity, the PLCAA

Township: schools have a high duty to protect children in their charge, but this was a hard one to see as "reasonably foreseeable", so it's probably not strong

Nancy Lanza: I have some strong opinions of the genesis of this mess and the parents are in the middle of it, but doesn't make for legal liability. When he had to kill her to get her guns, that has a tendency to cut off liability.

Note also: per the article, the town holds the only thing of monetary value from Nancy Lanza's estate: her home. So, the suit against the town could be to get at that $64,000 asset.

 

[Dead Duck]

If my kid was one of the victims, I would definitely sue -

* The Government, from the town all the way up, for not allowing guns to be carried in schools in the first place.
* Then I would sue myself for sending my kid to a public school where they can be gunned down so easily.
* I would urge Bushmaster and other gun makers to donate guns to all teachers, principals, janitors, etc...that want them to make schools safer.

 

[edporch]

I'm not a lawyer, but of these suits the only one I see that MIGHT gain traction would be showing negligence on Nancy Lanza's part for allowing her mentally messed up son access to firearms.

Then try to collect from Nancy Lanza's estate.

 

[OakRiver]

Between this lawsuit and the recent Brady Campaign lawsuit is there a competition for the most frivolous?

 

[Bill of Rights]

SMH.

Oh, and thread title corrected.

 

[d.kaufman]

Its all bulls**t! Two years later and now a lawsuit. When the columbine shootings happened lawsuits were filed within a week. My two cents...nobody died there. Do some of your own research and youll see the school was not used since 2008 amongst a assload of other interesting facts which im sure most of you are aware of. Would post links but I dont think its necessary as all the info thats out there doesnt add up to the official story!

 

[88GT]

Its all bulls**t! Two years later and now a lawsuit. When the columbine shootings happened lawsuits were filed within a week. My two cents...nobody died there. Do some of your own research and youll see the school was not used since 2008 amongst a assload of other interesting facts which im sure most of you are aware of. Would post links but I dont think its necessary as all the info thats out there doesnt add up to the official story!

 

[DRob]

Its all bulls**t! Two years later and now a lawsuit. When the columbine shootings happened lawsuits were filed within a week. My two cents...nobody died there. Do some of your own research and youll see the school was not used since 2008 amongst a assload of other interesting facts which im sure most of you are aware of. Would post links but I dont think its necessary as all the info thats out there doesnt add up to the official story!

 

[HoughMade]

Well, the thread doesn't disappoint....in one way. In another, it's pretty disappointing.

 

[ModernGunner]

Well, the thread doesn't disappoint....in one way. In another, it's pretty disappointing.

Can't it better than that, HM.

 

[ATM]

Those certainly would be interesting court proceedings - all conjecture, no "facts" to be found on either side.

 

[danielson]

So after the 10000th call from shyster lawyers trying to get some money out of the deaths of children, the families finally gave in.

 

[j706]

Why not sue Toyota because he drove one to the shooting? Why they are at it what about the asphalt company that paved the roads he took. It makes about as much sense IMO.

 

[danielson]

Eventually some shyster piece of **** will try that. That's a big problem in this country, there is no satisfactory sufficient punishment for litigators that behave this way. If it were my country I would tell lawyers, sure if you want to chase ambulances, and sue McDonalds for making sure their coffee is hot, be warned... If we smell your shyster bull****, we're going to turn around and sue you for the same amount you were trying to sue for in the first place. Then I'd set up an account that receives payments from said lawsuits and distributes them towards public improvements. Like roads and bridges. The first 6 months that account will get a very large boost, shortly after that this problem would go away entirely. But since our country is run by lawyers who profit off of things like this it will never happen.

 

[OakRiver]

Its all bulls**t! Two years later and now a lawsuit. When the columbine shootings happened lawsuits were filed within a week. My two cents...nobody died there. Do some of your own research and youll see the school was not used since 2008 amongst a assload of other interesting facts which im sure most of you are aware of. Would post links but I dont think its necessary as all the info thats out there doesnt add up to the official story!

I will let someone much wiser than I express my thoughts after reading this

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Eventually some shyster piece of **** will try that. That's a big problem in this country, there is no satisfactory sufficient punishment for litigators that behave this way. If it were my country I would tell lawyers, sure if you want to chase ambulances, and sue McDonalds for making sure their coffee is hot, be warned... If we smell your shyster bull****, we're going to turn around and sue you for the same amount you were trying to sue for in the first place. Then I'd set up an account that receives payments from said lawsuits and distributes them towards public improvements. Like roads and bridges. The first 6 months that account will get a very large boost, shortly after that this problem would go away entirely. But since our country is run by lawyers who profit off of things like this it will never happen.

Simple solution: Loser pays.

 

[GingerKid]

Someone told me, although I'm not sure how true this is, that there is a law in canada that if you file a damages lawsuit and lose you have to pay the amount you were asking for to the defendant. Definitely would make anyone think twice before
asking for some ridiculous sum in a frivolous lawsuit