MGM Resorts sues insurer over mass shooting legal costs

Monday, 24 Jun, 2019 0

Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts is now suing its own insurer over a failure to pay promised legal costs relating to the mass shooting lawsuits it is facing.

MGM said Illinois-based Zurich American Insurance Co. has not paid for defense costs to cover claims from as many as 4,000 people.

In 2017, 58 people died and hundreds were injured when a Mandalay Bay hotel guest opened fire from a 32nd-floor window on a music festival taking place below.

MGM spokesman Brian Ahern told the Las Vegas Review-Journal the action against Zurich American is for non-payment of its legal costs and not for coverage for possible settlements with plaintiffs.

"MGM is aware of in excess of 4,000 claimants who are seeking compensation from MGM for their claims arising out of the (shooting)," the lawsuit states.

"MGM disputes any liability arising out of the event."

It says it amounts to ‘many millions of dollars.’

MGM has been in talks with plaintiffs’ lawyers to settle claims and avoid years of drawn-out court cases.

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