The Supreme Court said it will hear Smith & Wesson Brands efforts to toss out a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government accusing the company of facilitating firearm sales to people connected to Mexico’s drug cartels, Greg Stohr of Bloomberg reports. The justices said they will hear Smith & Wesson’s contentions that the suit is barred under a 2005 law that provides a broad liability shield for gunmakers, according to Bloomberg. A federal appeals court had let the suit go forward.
