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Gun manufacturers were granted broad immunity from lawsuits over gun crimes by a 2005 act of Congress. But three recent legal developments may allow plaintiffs in some states to successfully sue gun makers, like plaintiffs in the Sandy Hook case who won a $73 million settlement, says South Texas College of Law Houston professor Dru Stevenson. He details these developments referencing a recent Brooklyn lawsuit.
Gun manufacturers were granted broad immunity from lawsuits over gun crimes by a 2005 act of Congress. But three recent legal developments may allow plaintiffs in some states to successfully sue gun makers, like plaintiffs in the Sandy Hook case who won a $73 million settlement, says South Texas College of Law Houston professor Dru Stevenson. He details these developments referencing a recent Brooklyn lawsuit.