Only the ones who sued them.

The families came after them, they are now trying to recover some of the costs from the actions of the families. If someone brings a frivolous suit against you are you going to just forgive the money you’re out for fighting that?

I have to agree with this. It’s a movie premiere, not a transfer of the crown jewels. They aren’t set up for an armed attacker, and there’s no reason they should have been. While I can understand the anger and grief of the families, it wasn’t reasonable to sue.

to be fair...the families did go after them first.

I can understand the thinking, but if it’s a staggering amount of money, then it’s pretty unreasonable for the theater to bear the entire cost of it, isn’t it? They didn’t do anything wrong and they’re out nearly three-quarters of a million dollars.

How about saying, “Don’t bring frivolous lawsuits?” That’s a good place to start. And, as the story already said, this is a tactic to ensure that plaintiffs don’t appeal. The plaintiffs will agree not to appeal, and the request for fees and costs will be dropped.

As the story notes, it is a tactic to keep the plaintiffs from appealing. I see it all the time. The plaintiffs will agree to not appeal, and the claim for fees and costs will be dismissed. And, yeah, you should if you are out 700K for a frivolous claim. I see people all the time bitch about what a sue-happy society…