New York Daily NewsHARTFORD, Conn. — The parents of 10 children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School have filed or soon will file notices in probate court that they plan to make wrongful death claims on their children’s behalf.
Filing the forms that open estates in the children’s names, with their parents as the administrators, is a necessary legal step before a lawsuit can be filed.
Eight estates that were opened Monday are in the names of Benjamin Wheeler, Jessica Rekos, Jack Pinto, Grace McDonnell, Charlotte Bacon, Daniel Barden, Ana Marquez-Greene and Arielle Richman, according to probate court records.
Last week, the parents of Dylan Hockley were approved as administrators. The 10th will be the estate of Jesse Lewis, which previously had been filed and closed but is in the process of being reopened, probate officials said.
The probate filings do not automatically mean that all 10 families or any of them will go through with legal action. The five-page documents include a box that must be checked if the estate plans to file a wrongful death claim. The filings do not indicate against whom a lawsuit would be filed. The Fairfield County probate judge still must approve the eight filings made Monday.
HANDOUT/REUTERSThe children who were killed in Newtown include (top row) Ana Marquez-Greene, Jesse Lewis, Jessica Rekos, Charlotte Bacon and Daniel Barden; and (bottom row) Jack Pinto, Grace McDonnell, Dylan Hockley, Benjamin Wheeler and Arielle Richman.Sources said several families met over the weekend with lawyers from Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, a Bridgeport, Conn., law firm, to discuss a potential lawsuit against Bushmaster, the North Carolina-based manufacturer of the Bushmaster AR 15 that Adam Lanza used to kill 20 first-graders and six adults on Dec. 14, 2012.
There have also been discussions with other lawyers about filing a lawsuit against the town over security issues at the school on the day of the massacre or about suing the estate of Nancy Lanza.
The deadline to file civil lawsuits against the town of Newtown or the school board is Sunday, two years after the shooting. There are circumstances where a lawsuit against a private company, such as a gun manufacturer, could be filed within three years but that statute normally deals with product liability cases, which is not an issue here, according to several lawyers not involved with the case.
Sources said that the families also are considering suing the insurance company that holds the insurance policy for Nancy Lanza’s Newtown home. Nancy Lanza’s probate estate is still open but the largest asset — the home where she was killed by her son before he drove to the Sandy Hook school — was turned over to the town. The estate has about $64,000, according to probate filings.
But Nancy Lanza did have homeowners insurance, which could become a target in a lawsuit that argues she was negligent to allow her troubled son access to weapons and ammunition, including the Bushmaster used in the massacre.
Under state law, a lawyer would have to have a lawsuit in the hands of a state marshal by Sunday, not necessarily filed in court. The marshal then has 30 days in which to serve the parties being sued.
This story was reported by The Hartford Courant.
It looks like these money grubbing liars need more payoff money.
Maybe somebody was threatening to talk so they’ll grasp at this straw to extort more millions of dollars.
I hope Bushmaster takes them to court because they have no evidence.
Any lawsuits would require death certificates, coroners reports, and first hand witness testimony, not to mention social security cards and birth certificates for any and all alleged victims, that is of course unless payment is made on demand.
They’ll “settle”, Henry, so that doesn’t have to come up. Watch.
But..But… You gave me a free home to be quiet, but I can’t afford the taxes, So shell out some more or I go public.
funny how this comes out now.. why wasnt this done within months of the alleged deaths?
because its a scam.. and now the players are attacking the host for more STFU money.. doncha just love it…? fools on both sides of the lies
wait until the host gets tired of the extortion and starts to level the playing field ..yup its all fun and games until someone gets hurt
I think it’s pretty obvious they will file a lawsuit. The lawsuit won’t be for money. Instead, the people who paid to have this carried out have plenty of money to pay people more if needed or have them killed if they squeak. However, this is to set a precedent regarding owning a gun and home insurance policies How it will play out I’m not sure but this is being done for more than money.
They should be water boarded as the terrorists they all are for pulling this hoax
Surely someone will talk because that is a lot of people to keep them all on the storyline
You guys have almost got it right.
This is a systemic response to the now widespread belief that Sandy Hook was a psyop drill used as a catalyst to disarm Americans. How do they counter this? By having “parents” file a “wrongful death” lawsuit. To the uninitiated, it gives the whole issue an aire of legitimacy. To the informed, just another death knell for the gun grabbers…. The official story is unraveling at breakneck speed…..an excellent commenter above noted that death certificates, evidence, witnesses, etc. will all need to be provided. Which we know there is none of the above. Kind of a weak effort by the gun grabbers to hold onto control of the narrative…. It won’t be long now….
“The official story is unraveling at breakneck speed…..an excellent commenter above noted that death certificates, evidence, witnesses, etc. will all need to be provided.”
“..an excellent commenter above…”
LOL… that would be the administrator of this site, and you would be correct in that assessment.