Remington Objects to Newtown Lawsuit Document Requests

The gun company being sued by family members of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims objected to releasing certain company documents as part of the case.

Judge Barbara Bellis ruled two weeks ago that the discovery process of the lawsuit could go forward without delay.

The lawsuit filed by law firm Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder argues that the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle shouldn’t have been released to the public and belongs only in the hands of military and law enforcement personnel.

Attorneys also allege that Remington Arms marketed the AR-15 rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators as a weapon made for dealing maximum damage.

Remington views the document requests as, “unreasonable, disproportional, overbroad, cumulative, and unduly burdensome, in that they broadly seek documents that have no relevance to the specific claims at issue in this case,” according to a recently filed document.

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Remington also said in the filing that some of the requests are about documents that are protected under attorney-client privilege and others may not exist at all.

The company also objected to plaintiffs referring to the weapon as an “assault rifle” and said that assault rifles are capable of firing in a full automatic mode where the AR-15 can only fire in semi automatic mode.

The lawsuit is being watched with keen interest from both sides of the debate on gun control. Generally the gun industry has broad immunity to wrongful death lawsuits under federal law.

The lawsuit started in state court and was then moved to federal court before being moved back to state court.