Shortly after Soto v. Bushmaster was filed, pro-gun interests sidetracked it. Now, nine months after the case was filed, it is back in state court where it began.
"All my clients seek is an opportunity to present their case to a Connecticut jury,” said Josh Koskoff, attorney for the families. “This ruling brings them one step closer to that goal. It is a major setback for the gun industry in their attempt to avoid responsibility for tragedies like Newtown.”
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This is the case brought by ten families of first graders and an adult slaughtered or wounded by Adam Lanza at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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They sued manufacturers Bushmaster, Remington and the distributor, as well as Riverview Sales (the gun shop where Mrs. Lanza purchased the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle her son used in the massacre) and the individual there who sold it to her.
The gun defendants immediately "removed" the case to Federal Court in Connecticut, a practice that is fairly routine. But the plaintiffs challenged the diversion. Now, after months of briefs filed, Federal District judge Robert Chatigny has returned the lawsuit to state court.
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