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Criminal,
California Supreme Court,
California Courts of Appeal

Feb. 2, 2018

Who can be held liable in the age of mass shootings?

Plaintiffs must show that the premises owner was aware of similar criminal activity at or near the location and this is often difficult to prove.

Brian S. Kabateck

Founding and Managing Partner
Kabateck LLP

Consumer rights

633 W. Fifth Street Suite 3200
Los Angeles , CA 90071

Phone: 213-217-5000

Email: bsk@kbklawyers.com

Brian represents plaintiffs in personal injury, mass torts litigation, class actions, insurance bad faith, insurance litigation and commercial contingency litigation. He is a former president of Consumer Attorneys of California.

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Natalie S. Pang

Associate
Glancy, Prongay & Murray LLP

Phone: (310) 201-9150

Email: npang@glancylaw.com

Natalie has expertise in products liability, personal injury, mass tort actions and appellate practice cases.

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Who can be held liable in the age of mass shootings?
Investigators outside the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, where a gunman opened fire on a nearby concert, in Las Vegas, Nov. 2, 2017. (New York Times News Service)

Mass casualty shootings in the U.S. have become tragically commonplace. From the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, to the Las Vegas massacre, injured victims and decedents' loved ones want justice and are hoping that premises liability will provide them with a viable path for both compensation and accountability.

In the deadliest mass shooting in our nation's history in Las Vegas last October, the killer shot through a broken win...

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