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Businesses have an obligation to provide a safe venue for people. The fact that the gunman rented a room in one venue and fired into another? Unless the security company was hired for both locations it shouldn't possibly apply that immunity law which itself only got passed in the post 911 frenzy of fuckery.

For what it's worth pointing out, MGM could have settled individually with each victim or their family for less than they're spending on court costs. It's because they know if they settle, it's an acknowledgement that they messed up, thus bad press. But drag out cases long enough that ordinary people have to drop the suit or won't even break even with legal fees? It makes MGM avoid taking a hit from admitting responsibility.

This tactic they're doing? It's like what McDonald's did to the coffee lady who wanted $20 grand for medical bills. Instead, they spent hundreds of thousands on a smear campaign, gained control of the narrative, lost, paid millions, then having narrative control managed to make her seem even worse for their own negligence and then got a PR bonus by saying "hey we're changing our policies to protect you". Or how Donald Trump would drag out litigation against victims by destroying records. He'd pay millions dragging out a case until the person suing died or dropped the suit. By dropping the suit, they also lose a lot of room to speak openly about what had been done to them.

Basically, MGM doesn't care about the money, it's about refusing to admit in any capacity that their actions may have allowed this to happen. And that's why they're trying this lawsuit, because if they succeed then they'll never pay anyone a dime. But if they lose and then lose the case filed by victims, they'll pay hundreds of millions or billions in the process, but use their PR teams to spin the story as stuff like "look, these people suing aren't even victims they're walking around normally already like nothing happened, it didn't impact them at all" and that type of spin works well considering America still considers health care an individual responsibility, even though it means we pay more for less coverage.
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