Victims of the July 4 shooting in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park are filing a series of lawsuits against the manufacturer of the gun used in the shooting.
In this April 9. 2015, file photo, a Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. logo appears on tape surrounding the company's booth on the exhibition floor ahead of the 144th National Rifle Association Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Nashville, Tenn.Elizabeth Turnipseed, a victim who was shot in the pelvis during the shooting while standing next to her husband and 3-year-old daughter, is one of the plaintiffs who filed a suit in the Circuit Court of Lake County on Wednesday.
"She woke up this morning with blinding pain from the inside of her body and is now again back in the hospital undergoing tests and scans," Scharg said. The lawsuit filed on Wednesday is one of about 10 suits being filed by victims of the shooting. They have not yet all been filed. While the suits are being filed separately, lawyers intend to enjoin them at a later stage, Scharg said.
According to the lawsuit, the company negotiated a settlement that year with the federal government, saying it will not "market any firearm in a way that would make the firearm particularly appealing to juveniles or criminals' due to the foreseeable risk of such advertising fueling unlawful acts of violence by such actors."
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