![]() ![]() Manufacturers and large corporations are loath to have the terms of settlements and their underlying conduct giving rise to the claim disclosed to the public, frequently agreeing to pay more in settlement for a confidentiality provision. While the amount of the settlement has captured the headlines, the more significant and wider range effects of the settlement is the fact that the families and their lawyer refused to agree to a confidentiality provision regarding the settlement terms and the documents obtained from Remington through discovery during the litigation. Remington’s four insurers will pay the award since the company went bankrupt. While it took over seven years, an unprecedented settlement of $73 million was reached in February 2022. Two years after the violent attack, nine families of those murdered and one survivor filed a lawsuit against Remington, the manufacturer of the assault rifle the gunman used. The senseless killing of 20 first-grade children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School sparked a public outcry about gun violence in the United States. On December 14, 2012, the community of Newtown, Connecticut, suffered one of America’s most deadly mass shootings in history. ![]()
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