Judge merges lawsuits against cinema chain in Colorado shootings
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Clifford Armion
le 27/11/2012
Robert Boczkiewicz
DENVER (Reuters) - A federal judge in Denver on Monday ordered the consolidation of seven lawsuits brought against the Cinemark theater chain by survivors and relatives of those killed in a shooting rampage in which 12 moviegoers were slain as they watched a Batman film.U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson also set May 5, 2014, as the earliest start date that any of the personal injury and wrongful death claims against Cinemark could proceed to trial.
Merging the cases and setting a tentative calendar for the litigation came during the first court hearing stemming from civil suits accusing Texas-based Cinemark USA Inc of lax theater security in connection with the July 20 massacre.
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Judge merges lawsuits against cinema chain in Colorado shootings, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), novembre 2012. Consulté le 08/11/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/judge-merges-lawsuits-against-cinema-chain-in-colorado-shootings