$100 Million Dollar Lawsuit Against Connecticut For Sandy Hook Shooting Dropped
New Haven lawyer Irving Pinsky has dropped his $100 million law suit against the state of Connecticut, claiming he needed to evaluate new evidence in the matter. Pinsky was suing Connecticut on behalf of a 6-year-old student at Sandy Hook Elementary, who was allegedly “traumatized” by hearing violent screams and gun shots over the school’s intercom system.
According to the original complaint, the Board of Education, Department of Education and state Education Commissioner were at fault for failing to protect the child “from foreseeable harm” by not providing a safe school setting. The suit also alleged each of the responsible parties did not review annual school profile reports as well as “other submissions with respect to student safety and emergency response planning and protocol.” It claimed the parties did not require the school and local Board of Education to implement an effective emergency response plan.
Pinsky said although he is dropping this suit, he is not ruling out other legal action in the future.
State Attorney General George Jepsen said Pinsky’s suit was “misguided” and indicated the solution to violent crime would be in legislative action, rather than legal action.
“Our hearts go out to this family, and to all the children and families affected by the Newtown shootings,” Jepsen said in a statement. “They deserve a thoughtful and deliberate examination of the causes of this tragedy and of the appropriate public policy responses.”
Jepsen indicated that Pinsky’s suit wouldn’t have been successful, even if it had continued forward. “Although the investigation is still under way, we are aware of no facts or legal theory under which the state of Connecticut should be liable for causing the harms inflicted at Sandy Hook Elementary School,” he said.
