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The suit, served by the families of slain Noah Pozner and
Jesse Lewis, said the town was negligent for not installing
classroom doors that could be locked from the inside or
bulletproof glass on the school's front windows, the Hartford
Courant newspaper reported.
Adam Lanza, 20, shot dead 20 first-graders and six educators in
the attack on Dec. 14, 2012 -- one of the deadliest school
shootings in U.S. history.
The killings prompted a fresh debate on gun rights and last
month the families of nine victims sued the maker of the gun
that was used, an AR-15 assault weapon manufactured by
Bushmaster, saying it should not have been sold to civilians.
After the Sandy Hook shooting, Connecticut's Democratic
governor, Dannel Malloy, pushed through one of the strictest gun
laws in the United States, banning more than 100 types of
military-style rifles and limiting ammunition magazines to 10
bullets.
Town attorney David Grogins confirmed that the suit had been
served, but he declined further comment, the newspaper added.
Calls for comment from the school board and Newtown officials
were not immediately returned.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by
Crispian Balmer)
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