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    King Soopers Victims Sue Sturm, Ruger & Co., Manufacturer of Illegal Gun Used in Shooting

    Getz v. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.

    12.6.2023

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      On March 22, 2021, Suzanne Fountain was at the King Soopers Supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, when she and nine others were killed in the deadliest mass shooting of the year. The shooter was armed with a Ruger gun misleadingly called an AR-556 “Pistol”–in reality, the weapon was a short-barreled rifle, which is subject to heightened regulations under longstanding federal firearms laws. On behalf of Nathaniel Getz, Suzanne Fountain’s son and administrator of her estate, Everytown and the law firms Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Clagget, Sykes & Garza LLC, are suing Ruger for selling this short-barreled rifle in violation of the National Firearms Act and Gun Control Act. 

      Case Documents

      August 8, 2023 – Amended ComplaintDownload
      August 23, 2023 – Defendant’s Objection to Plaintiff’s Request to Amend Download
      September 22, 2023 – Plaintiff’s Response to Defendant’s Objection to Request to AmendDownload
      October 4, 2023 – Court Order Overruling Defendant’s Objection to Plaintiff’s Request to AmendDownload
      October 13, 2023 – Defendant Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.’s Notice of Removal Download
      October 13, 2023 – Exhibit A of Defendant Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.’s Notice of RemovalDownload
      October 13, 2023 – Exhibit B of Defendant Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.’s Notice of RemovalDownload
      November 13, 2023 – Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand with Exhibits 1-4Download
      December 22, 2024 – Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion to RemandDownload
      January 19, 2023 – Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion to RemandDownload
      January 19, 2023 – Exhibit 5 of Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion to RemandDownload
      April 12, 2024 – Defendant Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. Motion to File Supplemental Authority and Supporting MemorandumDownload
      April 25, 2024 – Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to RemandDownload
      June 14, 2024 – Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Forum Non ConveniensDownload
      July 19, 2024 – Plaintiff’s Opposition to Motion to Dismiss for Forum Non ConveniensDownload
      August 2, 2024 – Defendant’s Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss for Forum Non ConveniensDownload
      December 3, 2024 – Defendant’s Supplemental Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss for Forum Non ConveniensDownload
      February 27, 2025 – Decision Denying Motion to Dismiss for Forum Non ConveniensDownload
      March 31, 2025 – Defendant’s Motion to Strike Amended ComplaintDownload
      May 21, 2025 – Plaintiff’s Opposition to Motion to Strike Amended ComplaintDownload
      June 11, 2025 – Defendant’s Reply in Support of Motion to Strike Amended ComplaintDownload

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