PA Bill Number: HB2663
Title: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal.
Description: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES
Last Action Date: Nov 19, 2024
Massachusetts AG Maura Healey asks for dismissal of Remington gun suit :: 11/28/2016
BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is asking a judge to dismiss a complaint by gun manufacturer Remington challenging Healey's request for company documents.
Healey filed the motion in Suffolk County Superior Court weeks after a judge ruled in her favor in a similar case.
Glock and Remington had both filed lawsuits challenging Healey's requests for documents in court. Healey has been conducting an investigation into whether the gun manufacturers are complying with the state's consumer protection laws as they relate to gun safety.
The court documents show that Healey asked for records of complaints relating to the safety of firearms and ammunition or to accidental discharges and for information on how the companies responded to those complaints. She asked for information about recalls of guns and ammunition, a list of all guns being produced as of January, information about safety features and testing and documents about advertising, marketing and warranties.
Gun manufacturers challenge investigation by Mass. AG
Healey has launched a sweeping investigation into the safety of guns made by at least two major national gun manufacturers.
A Suffolk County Superior Court judge in early November ruled that Healey was allowed to continue her investigation into Glock, finding that she had "good and sufficient grounds" to request documents. The judge ordered Glock and Healey to negotiate the scope of documents that must be produced.
In light of the Glock ruling, Healey's office asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit from Remington. She argues that the same legal principles that the judge applied in the Glock case also apply to the Remington case, and Remington has not met its burden to show why it should not be required to produce the documents.
Attorney General Maura Healey's investigation into Glock guns gets green light to continue
A Superior Court judge found that Healey is within her rights to request information to determine whether Glock is complying with Massachusetts' consumer protection law.
Healey said her interest stems from a case in Missouri, where consumers allege that some guns sold by Remington have a trigger defect that makes the guns fire even when the trigger is not pulled. She cites documents suggesting that Remington knew of the defect for years, a charge Remington denies. Healey wrote that about 40,000 of the recalled guns may be present in Massachusetts.
"The Attorney General is entitled to information from Remington necessary to evaluate the scope of the potential safety concerns at issue, not just for gun owners, but also for the general public," Healey wrote. She wrote that she has authority to investigate whether additional monetary damages might be due to Massachusetts consumers affected by the safety defect.
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/11/ag_maura_healey_asks_for_dismi.html
