The families and surviving victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting can sue gun maker Remington, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Thursday.

The divided court reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit brought by a survivor and the relatives of nine people who died in the December 2012 shooting in Newtown, Conn., which claimed 26 lives. The plaintiffs argue that Remington improperly marketed the rifle used in the shooting.

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