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Liability In Mass Shootings and Terroristic Acts In Wake of Recent Mass Shooting Incidents Businesses, Event Promoters Rushing to Purchase Special Liability Insurance This Sunday morning, a mass shooting occurred at a church in White Settlement, Texas. According to early reports carried in the online edition of the Dallas Morning News, two churchgoers have been killed and one has been transported in critical condition to a local hospital. The shooting comes at the end of a year that saw: 22 killed…

The University of North Carolina University Medical Center went on lockdown early Monday morning, November 25, during a week when families across the country are focused on preparations for Thanksgiving. Sadly, not all people are thankful during this time of year as a result of tragedies that befall their families and other loved ones. On Monday morning, a man and woman were in the medical center parking lot, a place where few people would think that their lives were in…

Can a Non-citizen File a Personal Injury Lawsuit in a U.S. Court? In a recent post, we discussed the potential liability of businesses for injuries their customers and employees might receive in a “mass shooting” incident or during some other act of premeditated (“planned”) public violence. We have since been asked to discuss an issue that we did not raise in our original post: “Given that many victims of the recent mass shooting incident in El Paso were Mexican nationals,…

Personal Safety in Public Places: Who is Responsible for Your Personal Security at a Store, Restaurant, or Other Public Location? Like virtually everyone else in the United States, you spend a fair amount of your time in public places like stores, restaurants, entertainment venues, offices, and so forth. You find yourself in garages, parking lots, and in different types of establishments at different times of the day and even of the night. When you enter and exit business establishments, when…

Who Is Liable in “Mass Shootings” and Other Acts of Public Violence? As the recent mass shooting incidents in El Paso and in Dayton, Ohio, have tragically demonstrated, we live in a society where acts of “planned” or “premeditated” public violence have become a matter of great concern in regard to public safety. Although we will avoid the very real issues of concern to both the law enforcement and civil libertarian communities, at The Doan Law Firm we believe that…