So basically its been 8 months. Multiple attorneys laughed me off the phone because with only a hand injury they said its not worth pursuing. He still doesn't have full use of his hand and possibly missed out on playing college baseball. One attorney did look into the case and after 6 months called me to say that unfortunately since my son's injuries weren't far worse (lost fingers or hand) or had he even died, the case would go federal and basically wasn't worth it. I did some research and found the attorney that represented a gentleman who was injured by a savage muzzleloader. I attempted to contact them just to see if it was even worth pursuing figuring they would know first hand. It's been a week and I have not received any response from their office. So at this point I guess I'm sending the rifle back to Savage so they can inspect the rifle. I guess we'll see where it goes after that.