Gunmaker Could Face Searching Discovery in Sandy Hook Case (1)

Remington Arms Co. is headed back to a trial court in Connecticut to defend claims related to the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, and documents and witness depositions will play a major role in how the case and future litigation against gun manufacturers play out.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the company’s challenge to a Connecticut Supreme Court ruling allowing the plaintiffs—families affected by the mass shooting—to move forward with claims that Remington marketed a semiautomatic rifle to civilians as a militaristic, offensive weapon.

The company is likely to try figuring out what information the plaintiffs may uncover during ...