MGM Resorts International filed complaints in Nevada and California, claiming the hotel and its owners can't be held liable for the Oct. 1 shooting.
<p>The corporate owner of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas is suing <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/coralewis/mandalay-bay-las-vegas-shooting-lawsuit?utm_term=.mhaJJRwrEn#.jhbNNMGrQy" target="_blank">more than 1,000</a> victims of the 2017 mass shooting. </p><p>MGM Resorts International <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4608394-Nevada-MGM-Complaint.html" target="_blank">filed complaints</a> in Nevada and California, claiming the hotel and its owners can't be held liable for the <a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/coroner-releases-las-vegas-shooting-victims-cause-of-death/" target="_blank">Oct. 1 shooting</a>. The gunman opened fire from a Mandalay Bay hotel room onto a crowd of concertgoers, killing 58 people. MGM Resorts also owns the venue where that concert was held.</p><p>MGM Resorts bases its argument around a post-9/11 law, which extends liability protections to Department of Homeland Security-certified companies in the event of an act of terrorism.</p><p>One of the security vendors hired for the concert was certified, so MGM Resorts argued that it should get the same liability protections since it did the hiring. As such, it says all claims filed against it "must be dismissed."</p><p>A lawyer for several of the victims told the <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/lawsuits-claim-mgm-has-no-liability-to-las-vegas-shooting-victims/" target="_blank">Las Vegas Review-Journal</a> that MGM Resorts' decision to file its complaints in federal court was "unethical" and a "blatant display of judge shopping."</p><p>Additional reporting from <a href="https://www.cnn.com/" target="_blank">Newsy affiliate CNN</a>.</p><hr><b>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a></b><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/nypd-losing-patience-with-doj-in-eric-garner-case/">NYPD Is Losing Patience With Federal Investigators In Eric Garner Case</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/hawaii-s-kilauea-volcano-drops-lava-bomb-on-tour-boat/">'Lava Bomb' From Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Injures 22 People</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/obama-alum-dan-pfeiffer-on-fixing-the-media-landscape/">'Pod Save America' Host On How To Fix The Media Landscape</a></li></ul>
Posted at 9:47 AM, Jul 18, 2018
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