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First lawsuit from the LV shooting was filed yesterday against the MGM (Original Post) Always Right Oct 2017 OP
Wow!!! atreides1 Oct 2017 #1
I'm surprised she didn't sue Jason Aldean as well Always Right Oct 2017 #3
Considering Paddock shot a hotel worker several minutes prior, a case could be won. LonePirate Oct 2017 #2
That was quick Bradshaw3 Oct 2017 #4
Lawsuits are over money Always Right Oct 2017 #5
They should sue the source...the NRA and gun stores. BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #6
MGM has 50x the money the NRA has Always Right Oct 2017 #7
The case against MGM might have some merit- not calling the cops immediately after multiple... friendly_iconoclast Oct 2017 #10
I'm thinking this, also... yagotme Oct 2017 #13
So is the ACLU krispos42 Oct 2017 #8
Eh what? BBG Oct 2017 #9
It's a reference to the moral panic being promulgated against anyone even remotely connected... friendly_iconoclast Oct 2017 #11
Gotcha! BBG Oct 2017 #12
Does that include Dems who supported the NRA? ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #14
 

Always Right

(84 posts)
3. I'm surprised she didn't sue Jason Aldean as well
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 02:33 PM
Oct 2017

Well both Jason Aldean and the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.

Bradshaw3

(7,962 posts)
4. That was quick
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 02:46 PM
Oct 2017

Why not sue the NRA and the gun stores? If the hotel is culpable then so will be owners of every big building a mass shooter can get a rifle nest in. Could it be because MGM et al have deep pockets?

 

Always Right

(84 posts)
5. Lawsuits are over money
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 02:55 PM
Oct 2017

As most lawsuits are about money, of course MGM got sued because they are the deep pockets here. Also, they likely have some sort of insurance and often insurance pays out quickly to avoid being sued by their insured for "bad faith".

I predict a quick sealed out of court settlement from MGM.

True, there are lawsuits to make a point and those would have been against the NRA and a gun store.

BigmanPigman

(52,340 posts)
6. They should sue the source...the NRA and gun stores.
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 03:12 PM
Oct 2017

They are filthy rich and can afford it even more than MGM, or better yet sue all of them. They are all guilty to a degree. Haven't people sued the NRA before? Every single victim should sue for as much as possible! Too bad they can't sue the GOP and any rep who has supported the NRA.

 

Always Right

(84 posts)
7. MGM has 50x the money the NRA has
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 04:19 PM
Oct 2017

A quick google search shows the NRA with revenue of 163 million while MGM has revenue of 9.8 billion making MGM the deep pocket by a factor of over 50 so I dispute your assertion that the NRA can afford it more than MGM.

If someone were to sue the GOP, the NRA an any rep who supported the NRA, what cause of action would you allege?

Do you really want to open up the can of worms where a legislator can be sued by someone affected by their votes? Wouldn't that mean lawmakers on both sides of the isle would always be getting sued by someone regardless which way they voted? Who would want to be a lawmaker if that was allowed?

 

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
10. The case against MGM might have some merit- not calling the cops immediately after multiple...
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 02:05 PM
Oct 2017

...reports of gunfire inside the hotel from employees, *before* he started firing on the crowd?

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
8. So is the ACLU
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 04:40 PM
Oct 2017

All those privacy laws prevented the police from knowing when he was loading the guns into his car.

 

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
11. It's a reference to the moral panic being promulgated against anyone even remotely connected...
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 02:07 PM
Oct 2017

...to this

 

ClarendonDem

(720 posts)
14. Does that include Dems who supported the NRA?
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 07:15 PM
Oct 2017

What about Bernie Sanders? And what makes you think gun stores are "filthy rich"?

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