Leroy N. Soetoro
2018-07-19 17:56:41 UTC
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/las-vegas-shooting/mandalay-bay-owner-
files-complaint-against-victims-las-vegas-shooting-n892081
The company that owns the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and the Route 91
Harvest festival venue in Las Vegas where dozens were killed and hundreds
of others injured in a mass shooting has taken legal action against the
victims.
MGM Resorts International filed complaints in Nevada and California
federal courts last Friday. The company does not seek compensation from
survivors of the October 2017 rampage; instead, they insist MGM was not at
fault for the massacre in the first place, citing a 2002 federal act.
That legislation, the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective
Technologies, or Safety Act, protects corporations in the event of mass
attacks committed on U.S. soil, provided services certified by the
Department of Homeland Security were deployed.
In the case of the Las Vegas shooting, gunman Stephen Paddock fired shot
after shot from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay resort down on a crowd
of about 22,000. All told, 58 people were killed and more than 500 were
injured, making it the worst mass shooting in modern American history.
But because MGM had hired Contemporary Services Corporation, a security
vendor for the concert whose services had been certified by the Department
of Homeland Security, it claims it followed the requirements of the Safety
Act.
As a result, MGM wants the cases moved from state court to federal court,
where it can make its case under the liability protection of the Safety
Act.
The request is both a way of streamlining the more than 2,000 individuals
who have brought lawsuits or threatened to bring lawsuits against MGM, and
also an attempt to prove to a judge that it followed the letter of the law
and shouldn't be held responsible.
Attorney Robert Eglet, whose Las Vegas firm represents multiple victims of
the shooting, called MGM's move "reprehensible."
"They didn't have to take this overly aggressive outrageous situation
where they're victimizing these people now twice," he said.
MGM's tactic, he added, is unusual.
"This is the first time that we're aware of that anyone has raised the
Safety Act and tried to basically get out of responsibility for their
negligence by trying to use the Safety Act," Eglet said.
The complaints mention hundreds of victims by name who have filed suits
against MGM, and refers to at least 1,000 others who have filed their
intention to sue.
In a statement, MGM said the move was in the best interest of the victims.
"Congress provided that the federal courts were the correct place for such
litigation relating to incidents of mass violence like this one where
security services approved by the Department of Homeland Security were
provided," said Debra DeShong, spokesperson for MGM Resorts.
"The federal court is an appropriate venue for these cases and provides
those affected with the opportunity for a timely resolution," she said.
"Years of drawn out litigation and hearings are not in the best interest
of victims, the community and those still healing.
Mike Cronk, a retired teacher from Alaska who was at the concert when the
shooting began but wasn't hit, said he hoped the odd legal twist wouldn't
make life more difficult for survivors.
"This doesn't leave your life. It's something that I'm sure has changed
all of us," said Cronk, whose best friend, Rob McIntosh, was shot while
standing inches away. McIntosh survived thanks in part to Cronk, who
shuttled him and other victims to triage areas in the chaotic aftermath.
Cronk isn't suing and said he doesn't feel that MGM was to blame.
"I felt the shooter was at fault for the shooting," he said.
Still, he added, he could see how such a legal move might feel like a blow
for survivors who did sue.
"I know people are going to take this personally, like a slap to the
face," Cronk said.
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The company that owns the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and the Route 91
Harvest festival venue in Las Vegas where dozens were killed and hundreds
of others injured in a mass shooting has taken legal action against the
victims.
MGM Resorts International filed complaints in Nevada and California
federal courts last Friday. The company does not seek compensation from
survivors of the October 2017 rampage; instead, they insist MGM was not at
fault for the massacre in the first place, citing a 2002 federal act.
That legislation, the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective
Technologies, or Safety Act, protects corporations in the event of mass
attacks committed on U.S. soil, provided services certified by the
Department of Homeland Security were deployed.
In the case of the Las Vegas shooting, gunman Stephen Paddock fired shot
after shot from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay resort down on a crowd
of about 22,000. All told, 58 people were killed and more than 500 were
injured, making it the worst mass shooting in modern American history.
But because MGM had hired Contemporary Services Corporation, a security
vendor for the concert whose services had been certified by the Department
of Homeland Security, it claims it followed the requirements of the Safety
Act.
As a result, MGM wants the cases moved from state court to federal court,
where it can make its case under the liability protection of the Safety
Act.
The request is both a way of streamlining the more than 2,000 individuals
who have brought lawsuits or threatened to bring lawsuits against MGM, and
also an attempt to prove to a judge that it followed the letter of the law
and shouldn't be held responsible.
Attorney Robert Eglet, whose Las Vegas firm represents multiple victims of
the shooting, called MGM's move "reprehensible."
"They didn't have to take this overly aggressive outrageous situation
where they're victimizing these people now twice," he said.
MGM's tactic, he added, is unusual.
"This is the first time that we're aware of that anyone has raised the
Safety Act and tried to basically get out of responsibility for their
negligence by trying to use the Safety Act," Eglet said.
The complaints mention hundreds of victims by name who have filed suits
against MGM, and refers to at least 1,000 others who have filed their
intention to sue.
In a statement, MGM said the move was in the best interest of the victims.
"Congress provided that the federal courts were the correct place for such
litigation relating to incidents of mass violence like this one where
security services approved by the Department of Homeland Security were
provided," said Debra DeShong, spokesperson for MGM Resorts.
"The federal court is an appropriate venue for these cases and provides
those affected with the opportunity for a timely resolution," she said.
"Years of drawn out litigation and hearings are not in the best interest
of victims, the community and those still healing.
Mike Cronk, a retired teacher from Alaska who was at the concert when the
shooting began but wasn't hit, said he hoped the odd legal twist wouldn't
make life more difficult for survivors.
"This doesn't leave your life. It's something that I'm sure has changed
all of us," said Cronk, whose best friend, Rob McIntosh, was shot while
standing inches away. McIntosh survived thanks in part to Cronk, who
shuttled him and other victims to triage areas in the chaotic aftermath.
Cronk isn't suing and said he doesn't feel that MGM was to blame.
"I felt the shooter was at fault for the shooting," he said.
Still, he added, he could see how such a legal move might feel like a blow
for survivors who did sue.
"I know people are going to take this personally, like a slap to the
face," Cronk said.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.