Gunmaker lawsuit after Auburn grad’s death faces major obstacle, attorney warns

As Alabama prosecutors remain tight-lipped about the alleged accidental shooting that killed an Auburn University graduate in her boyfriend's family home — weeks after she landed her dream job — a veteran trial attorney says the family’s lawsuit against the gunmaker may already face a problem. Jeffrey Towers, a 54-year-old father from Trussville, is accused of "inadvertently" shooting his son's 22-year-old girlfriend, Whitney Robeson, an Auburn University alumna who had just launched her interio