Families Of Newtown Victims Planning Lawsuits

Posted by | December 14, 2014 08:30 | Filed under: Politics Top Stories


Two years after the Newtown tragedy, families who lost loved ones are planning lawsuits.

For a second straight year the leafy suburb has planned no public events to commemorate the massacre, which left 20 first graders and six educators dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School, an incident that inflamed the U.S. debate over gun control.

The parents of eight of the children killed in the Dec. 14, 2012, carnage, which 20-year-old gunman Adam Lanza ended by shooting himself dead as he heard police sirens approach, have notified Connecticut courts that they may file wrongful death lawsuits in state or federal court.

Their initial court filings, related to legal entities created in memory of their children, do not indicate who the families could target in their lawsuits, according to a chief court clerk for North Fairfield County Probate Court.

While the parents could not be reached for comment, a spokesman for Bridgeport law firm Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder said that a lawyer at the firm had recently met with some of the Newtown parents about potential suits.

…a 12-member commission that includes four parents of young victims of the attack is steadily moving ahead to create a permanent memorial to honor the dead.

“We are meeting monthly, but have taken December off out of respect for the families who lost their loves ones on that tragic day,” said Kyle Lyddy, chairman of the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission that is entering its final phase of recommending either a single or multiple memorials.

Lyddy said the panel is considering such proposals as an outdoor park and gardens, and indoor murals and art exhibits. He said the commission has not set a deadline because “Our main goal is to get this right.” 

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8 responses to Families Of Newtown Victims Planning Lawsuits

  1. Budda December 14th, 2014 at 08:39

    I wonder who or what they will sue. The NRA, gun manufacturers, the state? It will prove interesting to watch. ( I hope it’s the NRA)

    • Larry Schmitt December 14th, 2014 at 09:14

      I’m not sure they could win anything against them, but at least it would cost the NRA a good deal of money, and force them to admit to the kind of culture they are encouraging.

    • Suzanne McFly December 14th, 2014 at 09:28

      That is what I was wondering also. I hope its not the state, I live here and the money will come from taxpayers which means our roads will get worse and employees will be cut. If they sue the NRA, they will most likely lose but it will be a good fight and the NRA will have to play lawyers.

    • crc3 December 14th, 2014 at 11:58

      Since the guns were actually purchased legally by the mother of Lanza it will be very difficult but still not impossible to sue. The NRA…Federal government…and Congress could be possible targets to sue but like I said it will be a tough nut to crack….

  2. Budda December 14th, 2014 at 09:39

    I wonder who or what they will sue. The NRA, gun manufacturers, the state? It will prove interesting to watch. ( I hope it’s the NRA)

    • Larry Schmitt December 14th, 2014 at 10:14

      I’m not sure they could win anything against them, but at least it would cost the NRA a good deal of money, and force them to admit to the kind of culture they are encouraging.

    • Suzanne McFly December 14th, 2014 at 10:28

      That is what I was wondering also. I hope its not the state, I live here and the money will come from taxpayers which means our roads will get worse and employees will be cut. If they sue the NRA, they will most likely lose but it will be a good fight and the NRA will have to play lawyers.

    • crc3 December 14th, 2014 at 12:58

      Since the guns were actually purchased legally by the mother of Lanza it will be very difficult but still not impossible to sue. The NRA…Federal government…and Congress could be possible targets to sue but like I said it will be a tough nut to crack….

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