Breitbart: Four survivors of the 2012 Aurora movie theater massacre have been ordered to pay Cinemark $700,000 in legal fees after a judge ruled the theater chain was not liable for the shooting.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the survivors had filed a federal lawsuit against the theater chain, alleging the Aurora theater’s lax security protocols led to the July 20, 2012 shooting attack in which 12 people were killed and 70 injured after gunman James Holmes opened fire during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises.
In May, a judge had reportedly warned the more than three-dozen plaintiffs in the suit that he was prepared to rule that Cinemark was not liable for the deaths, as the theater could not have predicted what Holmes would do. The judge reportedly urged the parties to settle, and Cinemark offered a settlement: $150,000, to be split between the 41 plaintiffs.
I guess I’m supposed to feel badly for those injured and those who lost loved ones. I did, right up to the point they decided to turn tragedy into a winning lottery ticket. Dumb, greedy bastids.
This reeks of ‘Loser Pays’ in legal suits. Oh Sweet Jeebus, let this set a precedent.
Plaintiff’s ATTORNEYS should have to pay the percentage amount if they won. If they collect 40% of winnings, they should have to pay 40% if they lose.
Judge Bean, I like the way you think.
I don’t know why the 4 went for it. The judge told them weeks before that he was going to find in the theater’s favor so back out. It was a dumb move.
CineThatsGonnaLeaveAMark
“It’s almost like everything was for naught,” he told the Times.
Foolishness often is, if you’re lucky.
Should have took the $3600 bucks and moved to a non-progressive constitutional state.
They get shot and fined because they obeyed the no-guns sign and the progressive nutbag did not. Sucks. Colorado was ruined by Californians.
Another indication of “Pay to Play.”
that cinemark was a “Gun Free Zone” wan’t it?
can they sue the sign maker?
Never again enter a gun-free zone. Put ALL the cocksuckers out of business.