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A Novel Legal Strategy for Mass Shooting Victims’ Families – The New York Times

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As mass shootings plague the United States, victims’ families continue to search for accountability. To that end, a pair of lawsuits by the families of victims of the Uvalde school shooting will try a new tactic.
J. David Goodman, the Houston bureau chief for The Times, discusses the unusual targets of the lawsuits and profiles the lawyers behind them.
J. David Goodman, the Houston bureau chief for The New York Times.
The Uvalde lawsuits are among the most far-reaching to be filed in response to the escalating number of mass shootings in the United States.
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