Attorney Irving Pinsky from New Haven filed a claim with the Connecticut State Commissioner seeking permission to sue the state of Connecticut on behalf of the surviving victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, where Adam Lanza opened fire killing 26 people of which 20 were children of ages six and seven.
According to the state law, the state is protected from such lawsuits, unless permission is granted. Pinsky is requesting permission to sue the state for failing to protect to the students and teachers from such an incident.
"The state could have, there's a whole lot of architectural designs they can use in schools to make it much harder to happen," said Pinsky to USA Today.
Pinsky is filing the claim on behalf of an unnamed female victim, who survived the massacre.
The claim to the commissioner states, "he State Board of Education, Connecticut Department of Education and State Commissioner of Education failed to take steps to protect said minor child from foreseeable harm in ways including, but not limited to, failure to provide a safe school setting at Sandy Hook Elementary School," as reported by NBC News.
On Dec 14, 20 year-old Adam Lanza opened fire at the elementary school, after killing his mother, Nancy Lanza. The police say the shooting was committed with semi-automatic assault rifles, all legally registered under his mother's name.
Police are still investigating for a motive behind the killings. There have been rumors that he was upset that his mother wanted to commit him into a mental institute against his will, which triggered his violent reaction. However, police have not yet identified a specific motive.
