Comments on: Citing 2002 federal law, MGM Resorts names Las Vegas shooting victims in suit

By: wilbur

wilbur — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:57:08 +0000

John Rohan, I agree with you 100%. The liability incurred for the independent, criminal acts of third parties is shocking and disgraceful.

When I argued this in law school 40 years ago I was regarded as loony or heartless The unspoken reasoning behind the objections was “Hey, that’s cutting in on our future livelihood”.

By: John Rohan

John Rohan — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:40:00 +0000

This is reminiscent of people suing airlines for 9/11. I think they are suing to head that off at the pass.

I heard a spokeswoman on CNN for the current suit on behalf of 450 victims. She actually snorted (laughed) when asked if this was really foreseeable on the part of the hotel. Yet, she offered no evidence that the hotel could have known, except that bellboys helped the shooter with some of his bags.

There is one person responsible for the shootings, and that’s the shooter. The victims should sue the estate and leave everyone else alone.

By: SPO

SPO — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:46:01 +0000

Aren’t there some jurisdictional issues? If I go to a concert in Las Vegas, am I subject to the Nevada courts’ general jurisdiction if that’s my only real contact with Nevada? With respect to specific jurisdiction, if I had no connection with MGM Grand, how does specific jurisdiction obtain–generally, there has to be some sort act etc. And passively attending a concert doesn’t get that done.