The attorney for two families of children killed in the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre expressed optimism Monday that the Connecticut Appellate Court will look closely at the exceptions to governmental immunity, and overrule a Superior Court judge who  last year found the city and school board weren’t negligent in the deaths.

Donald Papcsy, attorney for the families of Jesse Lewis and Noah Pozner, told the Connecticut Law Tribune that he believes the exceptions for governmental immunity were met when Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 schoolchildren and six educators.