Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen is asking the state Supreme Court to remand an appeal tied to the Sandy Hook shooting, arguing a lower court decision tossing the case filed by families of the victims undercuts the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act.
The technical 18-page amicus brief focused on the attorney general’s disagreement with Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis’ ruling that the families can’t pursue their case against gunmakers Remington and Bushmaster because they don’t have a business relationship under CUTPA. The brief, which does not take sides in the case even though Jepsen’s office has fought for gun control measures, argues the business relationship requirement is too restrictive, is not included in the original 1973 legislation and that the court should have used the remoteness doctrine to gauge the families’ standing instead.
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