After a settlement deal hang aside , four survivors of the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting are left having to pay off the Cinemark chain at least $ 700,000 .
The failed settlement and financial recoil were laid out Tuesdayby theLos Angeles Times , which pieced together the chronicle through interviews with people involved in the talks between the owners of the Century Aurora 16 mutliplex and 41 complainant , including survivors and relatives of victim . A federal judge overseeing their cause had advised the plaintiffs that they should adjudicate with Cinemark within 24 hour . Another group of survivors had charge a country lawsuit , and a jury decide Cinemark could not have foreseen the shot , which left 12 idle and more than 70 injure during a showing of The Dark Knight Rises . Because of that ruling , the judge said , he would most potential also bump the chain not unresistant for the shooting .
As plaintiff Marcus Weavertold theTimes , the group had to decide if they were willing to go for $ 150,000 tear among 41 plaintiffs . He said he did n’t recollect it was enough , but was satisfied that the companionship was go to have to take unexampled measure to protect guests . The plaintiffs also knew if they disdain the deal and the typesetter’s case move fore , under Colorado law they would be responsible for Cinemark ’s motor hotel fees . As Cinemark drafted a insistence departure announce the settlement , one unidentified plaintiff rejected the deal . Weaver and 36 other plaintiff promptly removed themselves from the lawsuit , but four stayed on , and the evaluator reign the next day in favor of Cinemark . The state of matter Margaret Court shell cost $ 699,000 , and the federal case is expected to be more .
Several complainant and lawyer told theTimesthey were upset with how the State Department case was handled , and some federal plaintiffs were so suspicious of the weak case that rumor embark on to spread that Cinemark was actually behind it and wanted it to give out . Weaver , who wed and had a shaver after the shooting , told theTimeshe is essay to move on with his life , but he ca n’t stimulate what happened with the Union case . " Theaters are n’t any safer , " he said . " It ’s almost like everything was for naught . “—Catherine Garcia
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