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Author Topic: Reports of shooting at Batman Premier. Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-22-2012 04:49 PM                        quote: the theater management should have been on notice that criminal activity has occurred in the area and they knew or should have known that an incident in their theater was likely, There is potential for "criminal activity" in ANY area all the time! That's the only thing the crooks have going for them...the element of surprise. How "likely" is it that a crime is going to occur in one dark auditorium in a big multiplex in a big city? About a million to one, or less. How is management supposed to "be aware" of that? Of course, I guess it's just as likely some goon will shoot up a movie theater as it is a terrorist will try to carry a bomb onto a plane. So I guess we'd better equip every movie theater -- wait, make that every stadium, mall, school, fairground, or any other public gathering space in the U.S. with TSA-types, not to stop crimes so muchg, but to avoid the frivolous lawsuits. Look on the bright side...it'll create lots of jobs in the security industry. But seriously, all it would take to prevent this same kind of thing happening would be to equip the back exit with an alarm (and maybe a camera), and only allow people to use that exit in an emergency.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 09-22-2012 04:52 PM                        The insurance company will probably agree to "insured limits" and that will be about it. Cheaper than litigation. . . and they keep the Cinemark national account. Louis  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 09-22-2012 04:57 PM                        How do you stop people from using an exit? Even if it's marked "Emergency exit only", I'm sure someone will open the door to leave after the show and as soon as it's open the other fifty people behind him will go out that way too. Earlier this summer I had a new sidewalk poured just outside of my fire exit door and I had to get someone to sit in the front row beside that door before, during and after that night's show to intercept anyone heading toward that door and tell them to go out the other way. But I wouldn't want to have to do that every night. (In a real emergency that door was still usable; it would have just damaged the new cement outside.)  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 09-22-2012 06:28 PM                     quote: Louis Bornwasser The insurance company will probably agree to "insured limits" and that will be about it. That would assume that Cinemark has insurance coverage. Many large companies are 'self insured'. Even if there is an insurance policy, the aggregate limit is probably not going to be sufficent to cover all claims ... in which case if the insurance company decides to throw in their limits and get out from under the defense of all those claims it will most probably end up paying their limits into court and let the Plaintiffs (and their lawyers) fight amongst themselves (for that portion of the pie). Given that Cinemark is a large public company in a ca$h business, I dont see all the lawyers here just walking away with a nominal settlement amount.  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 09-25-2012 08:05 PM                     If I were a victim, I would sue for Cinemark putting the stupid "no weapons allowed" sign up. You are in effect entering a contract with your customers that no weapons will be present, therefore you don't need to worry about defending yourself. Weapons present -> contract breached -> lawsuit. Sounds legal, right?  |  IP: Logged

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