Route 91 suits take aim at MGM, LN, bump-stock mfr

The festival's venue and promoter, as well as the maker of the bump-stock device used by Stephen Paddock, have been named in one of the first post-attack lawsuits

News By | 13 October 2017

A bump stock fitted to a WASR 10 AK-47 rifle © WASR/Wikimedia Commons

Those affected by last week’s mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas have begun seeking legal redress, with at least three separate lawsuits so far filed in US courts.

The most prominent individual suit – filed on behalf of Paige Gaisper, a 21-year-old Californian student who was shot in the underarm during the attack, which left more than 59 dead – names Live Nation, the promoter of the event; MGM Resorts, which owns the Mandalay Bay…

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