Mass Shootings Are Not Legally A "Foresseable Event"

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Stephanie Cohen and Conor Healy
Published Apr 16, 2024 14:47 PM

In the United States, mass shootings are not typically 'foreseeable' events from a legal perspective, a standard that shields landowners from certain negligence claims if one occurs on their property.

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While many legal professionals believe this will change, in this post, we examine the principle of "foreseeability" and how it impacts liability for mass shootings.

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** ***** *****, ***** *** *** circumstances *********,the **** ** * ********, **** ********* ******* ** *** * ****** *** ********** ** ***** ***** ********'* ******* ************ *********. Rather, the likelihood of this unprecedented ********* ******* *** ** ****** *** ********** ****, ** * ****** ** ***, the general character of McDonald's *********** *** *** ********** *** *********. [The shooter's] deranged and motiveless attack, apparently the worst mass killing by a single assailant in recent American history, is so ******** ** ***** ****** *** ******* ** ****** **** **** * ********** ******* ******** ********** ***** *** ******** *** ********** ** ********** ** ******* *** ******* ********** ** ******* ******** ******** **** ********** *********** ******** *******. [emphasis added]

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* ** *** ******** ** *** with *** ******* ** *** ***** case. *** **** *** "** ******** to ***** ****** *** ******* ** modern ****" ** ** ** ************* in **** *** *** *********** ** unlikely ** ****.

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** ****: ** ** ******** ****, IPVM **** ******* *** *********** **** the ***** ******** ***** ******, *** what ****** **** ***** **** ** security *************.

** **** ******, ** ******* ******* information ********* ***** ******** **** ** not ******** ** *** ************ *** does *** ********** ***** ******. **** recommends **** **** ************ ******* **** its *** ******* ** ********* ***** risks.

Comments (2)
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Jerry Wilkins
Apr 16, 2024

**** ******* ** **** ******* ******* with **** ***** **** ****** *** the *** "**** *********" ***** ******* the **** **** ********** **** ***** events ******* **** *******. ** **** the *** ********* *** *********** *******: Liability *** **** *********: *** ** at * ******* **********://***.***********.***/******/*****************************/************/*********/****-**/******/*********-****-*********-***-**-*-*******-*****/

** **** *** **** ****** ******* published * *** **** ****** ** Corporate ***********: ****** *******:* *** **** ****** ** ********* Disclosures: ****** ******** - ***

*** **** ********* **** ******* **** NFPA, ***, ****, ***, **** *** others *** *** *** **** **** being ******* ******* *** ******** ******* updates *** ********* ** **** ********* on * ***** *****.*** ******** *******.

**** *** ****** ********** *** ********** of *** ******* ** * ****** shooter *** *** ********** ** ******** charges ** * ****** ********* ** a ********* **** *** "*********" ********* is ********. *** ** ***'* ****** the *** ***** ********** ** $*** million. **** ******* ***** "**************" *** term "********** *** ****" **** **** be **********.

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Kieran Carroll
Apr 17, 2024
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* ***** ***** ** **** **** legal ******** ** ** **** **** the ********** **** ** **** ********, and *** ****** **** ********** **** to ******* ****.