A Novel Legal Strategy for Mass Shooting Victims’ Families

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.


Guest: J. David Goodman, the Houston bureau chief for The New
York Times.


Background reading: 


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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