The victims of the deadliest shooting in US history will receive major compensation

The surviving families of the 58 families who died in the deadliest mass shootings in modern US history reached a settlement in a $ 735 million lawsuit with the MGM Resorts hotel. This was reported in law firms representing the interests of both parties, writes Yahho! News.

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MGM Resorts owns the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. At this hotel, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock made over 1100 shots from his room on the 32 floor to a crowd of 22 000 people. People gathered at the country music festival, which took place in the open. It happened October 1 2017 year. The shooter killed 58 people and wounded 800, and then committed suicide.

“Although nothing can bring back lost lives or eliminate the horrors suffered by so many that day, this decision will provide fair compensation to thousands of victims and their families,” concluded Robert Eglet, a leading lawyer representing about 2500 plaintiffs in the case against the hotel.

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According to Eglet Adams law firm, the total amount of the settlement may increase to $ 800 million, depending on how many applicants wish to accept compensation.

“Our goal is always to resolve these issues so that victims and their families can live on,” said Jim Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• 1 on October 2017 during the country music festival Route 91, Stephen Paddock went down in US history as the most brutal killer in modern America: he released from 30 to 40 stores to festival guests, 58 people died, 800 injured.
• Shooter set security cameras inside your hotel room, and also in the corridor before committing the most bloody crime in modern American history.
• People become witnesses of bloody events, helped each otherTheir courage helped to avoid even greater sacrifices.
• Las Vegas musicians too were armed. Some members of musical groups had gun licenses, but they could not use them, fearing that the police might mistake them for part of a group of killers and start shooting at them.
• Clark County Forensic Bureau (Nevada) published a full list of names of the dead in Las Vegas as a result of the shooting. On this list are 36 women and 22 men. The oldest of them was 67 years old, the youngest - 20.
• Girlfriend of the shooter who staged a mass shooting at the Las Vegas Country Music Festival, told FBI agents about Paddock's strange behavior.
• On the riddles of the most massive juggling in US history, read our material.

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