MGM Resorts International sues more than 1,000 victims from Las Vegas mass shooting

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I remember hearing something about that back when Naked Gun 2 1/2 came out.

Did you know Leslie Nielsen used to be a serious actor in old westerns and shit? Even after watching clips from some of them I still can't accept it.

I don't believe it.

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For those who don't know what I'm talking about:

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I think part of, and seemingly a big part of this move by MGM was to get it out of the state court system, which in Nevada is I am certain very liberal, and into the federal court system. Not sure which district Nevada is in, but strategically MGM clearly felt the odds in a better result came from being in federal and not state.

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I don't see what kind of argument they could even begin to try and present though. Hiring 58349402 lawyers to defend against lawsuits makes sense, but suing the victims makes literally no sense at all from any angle other than deliberately trying to look like trash and piss people off.

https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/09...ing-that-isnt/

A burglar fell through a skylight, and sued the owner of the skylight for his injuries. Bodine sued for $8 million (in 1984 dollars, about $16 million today) and settled for the nuisance sum of $260,000 plus $1200/month for life, about the equivalent of a million dollars in conservatively-estimated 2006 present value.

People sue and win for stupid shit all the time.