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canada goose outlet uk canada goose clearance That the question Cinemark lawyers atTaylor Andersonhighlighted in theirmotion to dismissfederal court suits against the theater, and it why this case should be closely watched by businesses open to the public. Is it reasonable to expect that untrained movie theater employees could anticipate a mass murder? After all, the family and doctors of the accused gunman, James Holmes, didn know that he would open fire in a movie theater, killing 12 people and wounding 70. Law enforcement agencies and officials at the university Holmes attended didn foresee it. Nor did the companies that supplied Holmes guns, ammunition and other weaponry. Yet suits against Cinemark would impose responsibility for the horrific tragedy only on the movie theater, under the theory that it should have known a mass murder could take place on its property and failed to take steps to prevent it. canada goose outlet uk

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canada goose outlet uk sale Judge Jackson was mindful of those arguments, canada goose factory sale but he found that victims should be allowed to probe exactly what Cinemark knew about past canada goose outlet criminal activities at the Aurora theater (which had been the site of occasional gang related violence), what it should have known about the risk of shootings, canada goose clearance sale and what informed its decisions about safety and security for Canada Goose sale moviegoers. Holmes, after all, apparently made more than one trip from the theater to his car, where he had Canada Goose Outlet stored weapons and ammunition, and each time buy canada goose jacket cheap returned to the theater via a door he had propped open. took an extended period of time, but he was not monitored, deterred or contacted by theater personnel, the judge said. Jackson also noted that the theater didn bring in security guards for the midnight Canada Goose Parka Batman canada goose uk outlet premiere, even though it often hired security on the weekends. Though dismissal was close call, the judge Canada Goose Jackets said, given the innumerable questions about reasonable care and foreseeable danger, plaintiffs are entitled to answers. canada goose outlet uk sale

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