Lawsuits claim MGM has no liability to Las Vegas shooting victims
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Source: Las Vegas Review Journal
MGM Resorts International has filed federal lawsuits against more than 1,000 Las Vegas mass shooting victims in an effort to avoid liability.
The company, which owns Mandalay Bay and the Route 91 Harvest festival venue, argues that it cannot be held liable for Oct. 1 deaths, injuries or other damages, adding that any claims against MGM parties “must be dismissed,” according to complaints filed Friday in Nevada and California.
“Plaintiffs have no liability of any kind to defendants,” the complaints argue.
The company cites a 2002 federal act that extends liability protection to any company that uses “anti-terrorism” technology or services that can “help prevent and respond to mass violence.”
In this case, the company argues, the security vendor MGM hired for Route 91, Contemporary Services Corp., was protected from liability because its services had been certified by the Department of Homeland Security for “protecting against and responding to acts of mass injury and destruction.”
The lawsuits argue that this protection also extends to MGM, since MGM hired the security company.
Read more: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/lawsuits-claim-mgm-has-no-liability-to-las-vegas-shooting-victims/
This is utterly appalling. A giant corporation like MGM is spitting on the graves of the victims in that horrible shooting. This is a new low.
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And this is unfiltered corporate greed at its finest. 
Those victims were this corporation's customers.
While I get that there's only so much a hotel can do to prevent such an unthinkable tragedy, I would hold NRA and politicians more responsible. Especially the politicians who keep telling us that terrorists are brown and we should ignore the many angry white males killing Americans because each one is a mentally ill lone wolf, not a terrorist with legally purchased weapons of mass murder. 
While the TSA and other government agencies harass brown people and sexually assault attractive women in skirts, the Stephen Paddocks of the world always get every courtesy and benefit of a doubt. Racism puts Americans in danger.
a perfect example of the predatory nature of our country's financial/judicial system which has always protected wealth over the needs of the common citizen. Now we'll see what becomes of this counter-suit by MGM.
This is an outrage, and a new low.
If these lawsuits are allowed it could trigger a boycott of Las Vegas tourism.
Just sayin'
