Remington lawyers turn over thousands of irrelevant documents to Sandy Hook families.

[Nevilledog]

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Lawyers for Sandy Hook families say Remington, the manufacturer of the AR-15-style rifle used in the 2012 school shooting, included in its documents tens of thousands of irrelevant images — some of which were random cartoons.

A gun-maker was ordered to hand over documents to Sandy Hook families. The materials included...
In data turned over by bankrupted Remington to nine Sandy Hook families suing for...
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10:02 AM · Jul 7, 2021

https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/A-gun-maker-was-ordered-to-hand-over-documents-to-16296757.php

NEWTOWN — In the volume of pretrial data turned over by bankrupted Remington to nine Sandy Hook families suing for wrongful marketing, lawyers said they found 18,000 random cartoons and 15,000 irrelevant pictures of people go-karting and dirt-biking.

“Having repeatedly represented to the (families) and this court that it was devoting extensive resources to making what it described as “substantial” document productions … Remington has instead made the plaintiffs wait years to receive cartoon images, gender reveal videos, and duplicate copies of catalogues,” reads a complaint filed by the families’ lawyers in state Superior Court last week. “There is no possible reasonable explanation for this conduct.”

The complaint, the latest in the 7-year-battle by the Sandy Hook families to hold accountable the maker of the AR-15-style rifle used in the 2012 shootings, does not allege that all 46,000 documents turned over by Remington are irrelevant.

“When the seemingly random cartoons, images, videos, duplicates, and other items noted are accounted for, Remington, it would seem, has spent the better part of seven years producing 6,606 potentially useful documents in response to the plaintiffs’ requests,” the court complaint reads.

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[SWBTATTReg]

1. Perhaps the courts will find Remington guilty of contempt? Wow, making a mockery of ...

court proceedings is not a good way to proceed/handle one's conduct in court.

[marble falls]

2. So they're in the 'bury them in bullshit' phase of the trial?

[C_U_L8R]

3. Contemptible.

[former9thward]

4. It is not the job of defense lawyers to do the job of the plaintiff's lawyers.

Often plaintiff lawyers will use a shotgun approach to deposition requests and ask for "all documents,,,," You get what you ask for. It is not the job of the defense to go through thousands of documents and determine what is relevant or not. In fact if they did that the plaintiffs would complain the defense are "hiding documents". So they get everything.

What happens then? The plaintiff lawyers are able to rack up huge legal bills to go over all the documents. They also charge their clients to for filing a complaint saying they got irrelevant documents. A real money maker.

That is the reality in courts. Not what you see on tv.

[AndyS]

7. Uh, No. The discovery was for all internal and external

documents, including emails that relate to MARKETING. The marketing of the gun sold is the crux of the Sandy Hook lawsuit and hinges on a clause in CT's Constitution.

Cluttering up discovery with things that are NOT related to marketing is contempt of court and I hope the defense pays a price for this farce.

[former9thward]

8. Uh, yes.

Show me a copy of what the plaintiff lawyers requested.

[AndyS]

10. Uh, do your own research.

I've followed this case closely since it was filed, dismissed, appealed and reinstated by the CTSC. I've watched it through Rem's bankruptcy, sale and the court ruling that Rem must retain insurance to pay the plaintiff's award should they win.

The entire case revolves around the marketing of this firearm. The request for discovery was for all documents, including internal and external communications regarding the MARKETING of the rifle.

If you can find something to contradict me, go for it.

[Journeyman]

5. The answer to all this is the First Amendment . . .

Were the Sandy Hook families to release the unexpurgated pictures of the shooting's aftermath, who could then argue in favor of these weapons before the reality of tiny children cut in half (and worse) by those very devices.

[sarisataka]

6. It sounds about typical

For a discovery for a decent sized corporation. If anything on the light side

[Captain Stern]

9. Isn't that pretty much how it's supposed to work?

The entity from whom the evidence is being requested doesn't get to choose what to hand out, or not hand out. That would just be silly.

Dear Big Company That I am Suing:

I am hereby demanding all evidence that you have that may help my case.

Please don't send any evidence that won't be useful to me, because it will take me a lot of time to go through all of that.

I'll leave it to your discretion to decide which evidence would be useful to me. I trust you. I promise I won't accuse you later of holding back evidence.

Thanks in advance.