Caroline Mercer | uOttawa Faculty of Law, CA, Author at JURIST

Uvalde elementary school shooting survivors file $27B class-action lawsuit

Caroline Mercer | uOttawa Faculty of Law, CA

December 2, 2022 01:31:11 pm

Survivors of the mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers in May at elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, filed a $27 billion class-action lawsuit on Tuesday against various public officials, including the school district, law enforcement agencies and individual officers. The lawsuit, filed in th US District Court for the Western District of [...]

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