Wait, what? Aurora massacre survivors end up owing theater $700K after suing

[myhightechsec]

Families desperate to find someone, anyone other than the shooter responsible for Aurora are finding unsympathetic courts. And, of course, their lawyers walk away scot free and ready for their next "case."

Wait, what? Aurora massacre survivors end up owing theater $700K after suing - Liberty Unyielding

 

[SEIndSAM]

Wasn't they warned early that their case had almost zero chance of prevailing, yet they went ahead anyway?
If so, they need to pony up the cash.

 

[KLB]

Looks like one of them got greedy. Four of them decided to keep pushing, gambled and lost big.

 

[T.Lex]

I guess I'm a bit confused, other than crazy dude, who SHOULD be held responsible?

 

[bobzilla]

I guess I'm a bit confused, other than crazy dude, who SHOULD be held responsible?

Duh! People with money to pay them. Geesh. Don't you know anything?

 

[T.Lex]

Duh! People with money to pay them. Geesh. Don't you know anything?

On INGO, I often am surprised at how little I know.

 

[phylodog]

Precisely how things should turn out.

 

[2A_Tom]

I guess I'm a bit confused, other than crazy dude, who SHOULD be held responsible?

Bushmaster.

 

[HoughMade]

That is an interesting result. I don't know all the facts, but it seems to me that some attorneys probably made that uncomfortable call to their malpractice insurers.

 

[Double T]

I don't know, the place was a GFZ. I think they should be held culpable, especially if they in turn had no one on the payroll as dedicated security and/or armed security. However, the "no guns" signage in Colorado does not carry the weight of law, unless the place/business is listed in the state code. That may have been the Theater's ticket out of this.

While I disagree with most frivolous lawsuits, this one I could probably get behind IF they were trying to hold the theater responsible for their safety IF the signs actually carry the weight of law. Colorado is like Indiana in these regards though.

 

[T.Lex]

Bushmaster.

My friend, you and your aversion to purpleocity confuse the snot out of me sometimes.

 

[Fargo]

I think cinemark has a golden opportunity to buy some really good publicity here for the sum of 700k...

 

[2A_Tom]

You need to adjust your sarchasometer, where I come the fun is in people not realizing you are being sarchastic.

 

[bobzilla]

.... sarchasometer.....

Is that where your sarcasm creates a large chasm that requires a specific meter to determine how deep it is?

 

[mikefraz]

I hope that 700k owed has interest. Maybe it'll help deter other frivolous cases next time.

 

[T.Lex]

You need to adjust your sarchasometer, where I come the fun is in people not realizing you are being sarchastic.

IRL, I tend to agree.

In print, it is more difficult.

 

[2A_Tom]

I hope the Newtown suers? sewers? get the same result.

 

[Alamo]

This is interesting:

Cinemark was not liable for the shooting, and U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson, who oversaw the federal case, was about to issue an order saying as much.The federal lawsuit was effectively over.

But Jackson wanted the survivors and Cinemark to end the case with a settlement. It was 8 a.m. June 23. For the next eight hours, attorneys for both sides inched closer to a deal.

Did the judge also tell Cinemark they were about to win? Granted they probably deduced this after they won in the state court, but still seems odd to me as outside observer that the judge was trying to steer things this much.

>>ETA: Oh wait, now I see. The case itself had been decided, this part of the process was just about whether Cinemark was going to get all of the $700K they requested. Makes a little more sense now that the judge would like to see a settlement rather than an appeal of the $700K judgment drag things out.

The deal came with an implied threat: If the survivors rejected the deal, moved forward with their case and lost, under Colorado law, they would be responsible for the astronomical court fees accumulated by Cinemark.

This is what happened when another set of parents who worked for the Brady bunch sued Lucky Gunner ammo and lost. I don't know that LG has ever collected tho. I emailed them awhile back to ask if they ever, and they basically said they didn't want to comment on it.

 

[2A_Tom]

I think it is the judge's job do direct the course of a trial according to the law.

 

[Joniki]

Bushmaster.

Fixed!!!!