Humphries and Rocha were attacked by a man at the casino, and she suffered a fractured skull. It ruled that the New York-New York should have known the attack was foreseeable because there had been similar incidents of violence there. A lower court dismissed their lawsuit on the grounds the resort had no knowledge the attack would occur.īut in a 2-1 decision, the Supreme Court panel overturned that order. The Supreme Court case stemmed from an assault in 2010 on a California couple, Carey Humphries and Lorenzo Rocha, inside the New York-New York, another MGM property. A shooter killed 58 concertgoers and injured more than 500 others at the Route 91 Harvest music festival across the street from his 32nd-floor Mandalay Bay suite before apparently taking his own life. The ruling is hovering over the hotel-casino and its owner, MGM Resorts International, as the company braces for a run of lawsuits related to the shooting and an expensive, yearslong court battle. 1 shooting, a Nevada Supreme Court panel issued a decision that could sharpen questions about the adequacy of security at Mandalay Bay and increase its liability. Authorities said Stephen Paddock broke the windows and began firing with a cache of weapons, killing 58 and injuring over 500. Windows are broken at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino, Tuesday, Oct.
