DENVER — Mass shootings in America invariably raise questions of fault. While the firearm industry is still largely shielded from liability under federal law, the bill in Colorado would make it easier for victims of gun violence to file civil suits, such as the one lodged against Remington in 2015 — the company that made the rifle used in the …
WASHINGTON — Something went wrong at the security checkpoint at the VA hospital in El Paso, Texas, on a winter’s day in 2016. But when Oliva, who identifies himself as Mexican American, tried to sue the three officers who were involved, a federal appeals court ruled he was out of luck. Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that, in …
