Posted September 13, 2018 7:30 am by Comments

By Christen Smith

An Oct.16, 2017 file photo featuring workers installing a #VegasStrong banner on the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino. (Photo: John Locher/AP Photo)
MGM Resorts International would rather donate to charity than spend money serving legal notices to more than 1,000 Las Vegas shooting victims its suing, according to a report from the Associated Press published Wednesday.
“The money spent on personal service of process — up to $250 per person — could be better directed to do some affirmative good,” MGM’s attorneys wrote in the letter shared with the Associated Press. The company pledged to make a $500 donation on behalf of each person who waives being served or allows an attorney to accept the notice on their behalf.
Attorney Robert Eglet, who represents many of the more than 1,000 victims named in the suit, told the AP the move attempts to “spin” the company’s desire to save money notifying defendants ahead of the 90-day deadline.
“It will cost the MGM significantly more than $250 to serve them,” he said. “This is just more outrageous conduct by them.”
MGM manages both the concert venue and the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino where 64-year-old Stephen Paddock carried out the deadly attack from the 32nd floor last

Source: Guns.com

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