No Terror Designation <\/strong><\/h2>\nBut to Robert Eglet, who is representing some of the victims, MGM is abusing the spirit of the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe act was a response to the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, to encourage companies to get into the business of developing anti-terrorism technology,\u201d he wrote in response to MGM\u2019s motion to dismiss his clients’ case in Nevada. \u201cIt was not designed to limit the liability of a hotel that, despite prior incidents, affirmatively assisted a gunman to shoot out of its window at people below.\u201d<\/p>\n
Locaria believes that for MGM\u2019s defense to succeed the Las Vegas shooting would have to be designated an act of terrorism by the DHS — and it hasn\u2019t been.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not certain how they\u2019re going to get over that hurdle,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m a little confused by that myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
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MGM Resorts International\u2019s decision to file lawsuits against the victims of last year\u2019s Las Vegas shooting is without legal precedent and could be on shaky ground, according to several attorneys quizzed by the Law.com website this week. MGM is not seeking money from the victims but is looking to absolve itself from liability by moving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":84328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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