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The Journal.

Remington's Surprising Sandy Hook Settlement

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting announced yesterday that they would receive a $73 million settlement from Remington, the parent company of the manufacturer of the gun used in the shooting. WSJ's Zusha Elinson explains the families' novel legal strategy and why it paid off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Everyone remembers where they were that day of the Sandy Hook School shooting.

0:13.6

It's the 9-11 of mass shootings in some ways.

0:16.9

Yeah, we all remember that day.

0:18.7

Reporting law enforcement sources are saying at least 20, many of them children have been

0:24.0

killed in this incident.

0:25.5

The weapon that was utilized most of the time during the horrific crime was identified

0:32.5

as a Bushmaster AR-15 assault type weapon.

0:36.7

In December of 2012, 20 young children and six adults were killed at the school.

0:42.8

Here's our colleague, Zushia Ellenson.

0:45.1

And after that, parents of the kids who died, they went on, you know, a year's long quest.

0:51.2

They wanted to change laws.

0:56.0

Specifically, they wanted to sue the company behind the rifle, but the shooter used that

1:00.3

day.

1:01.3

A company called Remington.

1:03.4

But their case was a long shot.

1:05.5

No one has successfully sued a gun manufacturer over a mass shooting in years.

1:10.9

And so the family's decided to take a new approach.

1:14.3

Instead of suing the company for simply selling the gun, they went after how the gun was

1:18.0

advertised.

1:19.0

They knew it was going to be a tough fight.

1:21.6

They knew they needed some very creative legal reasoning.

1:24.1

And yesterday, the gunmaker agreed to a historic settlement.

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