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Remington Settles with Sandy Hook Families $73 Million
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<blockquote data-quote="HDRider" data-source="post: 1733486" data-attributes="member: 17025"><p>About the Sandy Hook Lawyer - Josh Koskoff</p><p></p><div style="margin-left: 20px">One advertisement for the AR-15 Bushmaster rifle used to kill 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., read: "Consider your man card re-issued." Another said: "Forces of opposition, bow down."</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px"></div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">In a case that's earning much media attention and, predictably, generating both political polarization and emotional intensity, attorney Josh Koskoff JD'94 is leading a lawsuit against Remington, the manufacturer of the Bushmaster.</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px"></div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">Long before Josh Koskoff enrolled at Suffolk Law, he was drawn to a vision of the law shaped by his father and grandfather—trial lawyers in Connecticut who once represented the Black Panthers in New Haven</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px"></div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">The manufacturers have a strong defense. That's partly because in 2005, Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), a law intended to shield gun manufacturers from blame when their weapons are used in a crime. Among other arguments, proponents of the PLCAA argued that it was necessary to protect the gun industry from the high costs incurred in defending unfounded lawsuits.</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">Koskoff was stunned to learn about the PLCAA, and one thing he hopes to accomplish by filing these suits, he says, is to "shatter the perception" among lawyers, judges, and the firearms industry itself that gunmakers can't be held accountable for reckless behavior.</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.suffolk.edu/news-features/news/2020/01/14/15/10/josh-koskoff-takes-on-the-ar-15[/URL]</div></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HDRider, post: 1733486, member: 17025"] About the Sandy Hook Lawyer - Josh Koskoff [INDENT]One advertisement for the AR-15 Bushmaster rifle used to kill 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., read: "Consider your man card re-issued." Another said: "Forces of opposition, bow down."[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]In a case that's earning much media attention and, predictably, generating both political polarization and emotional intensity, attorney Josh Koskoff JD'94 is leading a lawsuit against Remington, the manufacturer of the Bushmaster.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Long before Josh Koskoff enrolled at Suffolk Law, he was drawn to a vision of the law shaped by his father and grandfather—trial lawyers in Connecticut who once represented the Black Panthers in New Haven[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]The manufacturers have a strong defense. That's partly because in 2005, Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), a law intended to shield gun manufacturers from blame when their weapons are used in a crime. Among other arguments, proponents of the PLCAA argued that it was necessary to protect the gun industry from the high costs incurred in defending unfounded lawsuits.[/INDENT] [INDENT]Koskoff was stunned to learn about the PLCAA, and one thing he hopes to accomplish by filing these suits, he says, is to "shatter the perception" among lawyers, judges, and the firearms industry itself that gunmakers can't be held accountable for reckless behavior.[/INDENT] [INDENT][URL unfurl="true"]https://www.suffolk.edu/news-features/news/2020/01/14/15/10/josh-koskoff-takes-on-the-ar-15[/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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