Critical Mass by Law.com's Ellen Bardash: Sandy Hook Families Agree to $73M Remington Settlement. Claims of Traces of Toxins In Spices and Baby Food Have Spiked.
Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. Sandy Hook victims' families have agreed…
February 16, 2022 at 12:19 PM
6 minute read
Critical Mass
Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. Sandy Hook victims' families have agreed to a settlement with Remington over marketing of the AR-15. Spices allegedly containing toxic substances could be joining baby food as the next big thing in consumer class actions. Learn who will be leading the charge against Bank of America for allegedly imposing fees it promised to cancel.
I'm Ellen Bardash, filling in for Amanda Bronstad. Feel free to email me with your input at [email protected], or Amanda at [email protected]. You can follow me on Twitter @Dellenware and Amanda @abronstadlaw.
An image of the weapon used during the Newtown shooting is displayed while attorney Josh Koskoff speaks during a news conference in Trumbull, Conn., Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. (Photo: Seth Wenig/AP) Sandy Hook Firearm Suit Ends In $73M Settlement
More than seven years of litigation against gun manufacturer Remington Arms was resolved Tuesday with the announcement of a $73 million settlement for the families of nine people killed and one injured in the 2012 shooting at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The case was brought in Connecticut Superior Court by the families of five children and four adults killed and one teacher injured in the mass shooting, alleging Remington marketed the AR-15, the weapon used in the Sandy Hook shooting, toward young men in a way that glorified violence.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
Law Firms Mentioned
Trending Stories
- 1Landlord Must Pay Prevailing Tenants' $21K Attorney Fees in Commercial Lease Dispute, Appellate Court Rules
- 2Compliance with EU AI Act Lags Behind As First Provisions Take Effect
- 3NJ's Pardons and Commutations A Model for the Federal System
- 4As Political Retribution Intensifies, Look to Navalny's Lawyers
- 5Family Law Practitioners Weigh In on Court System's New Joint Divorce Program
Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
