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Legal Wrangling Slows Wrongful Death Suit Over Newtown School Shooting

Newtown, Connecticut, and its schools are putting up a stiff fight against a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, questioning whether the lawsuit was filed on time and objecting …

Proposal: Newtown Victims’ Families Would Split $1.5M From Homeowner Policy

The families of more than a dozen victims of the Newtown school shooting rampage in Connecticut would split $1.5 million under proposed settlements of lawsuits against the estate of the gunman’s mother. The lawsuits filed this year accuse Nancy Lanza …

Newtown Families Sue Lanza Estate; Suits Seek to Collect on Homeowner Policy

The families of nine people killed in the Newtown elementary school shooting have filed lawsuits against the estate of the gunman’s mother. The lawsuits contend Nancy Lanza failed to properly secure her legally owned Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, which her troubled …

Families of 2 Sandy Hook Shooting Victims Sue Town, School Board

Families of two of the 20 first-graders killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut are suing the town of Newtown and its board of education, alleging security measures at the school weren’t adequate. The wrongful death lawsuit …

Sandy Hook Victims’ Families Blame Bushmaster in Lawsuit for Shooting

The maker of the military assault rifle used to kill dozens at a Connecticut elementary school was sued almost exactly two years later by the families of 20 first-grade students who died in the mass shooting. The Bushmaster Firearms International …

Since Newtown Shooting, 15 States Have Strengthened Gun Controls

Fifteen states plus the District of Columbia strengthened their gun control laws in the year following the Newtown school shooting, accounting for roughly half (44 percent) of the U.S. population. Also, a history of any kind of violence is a …