MGM SUES THE 58 DEAD VEGAS MASS SHOOTING VICTIMS

July 17, 2018

Rob Lauer Political Reporter

The MGM, owners of the Mandalay Bay Casino, filed suit against 1,000 victims of last year’s Las Vegas Oct 1 mass shooting, including the estates of the 58 people killed in the attack, claiming the MGM has no liability for the massacre, according to a published report on Monday in federal court.

MGM Resorts International went to federal courts in Nevada and California and took on more than 1,000 shooting victims, saying claims against the hotel giant “must be dismissed.”

“Plaintiffs have no liability of any kind to defendants,” The MGM lawyers argued in documents.

Las Vegas lawyer Robert Eglet, who is representing several victims, former star of the Vegas Lawyer TV Show, said “The hotel’s unusual action is a pre-emptive strike to get the cases heard in federal court instead of state court. MGM must believe it has better chances of victory in a federal case.”

The MGM lawsuits are a “blatant display of judge shopping that quite frankly verges on unethical,” according to Eglet.

“I’ve never seen a more outrageous thing, where they sue the victims in an effort to find a judge they like,” the lawyer continued. “It’s just really sad that they would stoop to this level.”