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Fri May 17, 2019, 07:36 AM May 2019

MGM Resorts says it might pay $800 million in shooting settlement

LAS VEGAS — Casino giant MGM Resorts told federal regulators Thursday it might pay up to $800 million to settle liability lawsuits stemming from the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas — the deadliest in modern U.S. history.

“The company believes it is reasonably possible that a settlement will be reached” by next May, it told the Securities and Exchange Commission in a quarterly report.

MGM Resorts also said it has $751 million in insurance to pay toward a settlement.

However, a lawyer handling mediation talks for plaintiffs called it premature for the corporate owner of Mandalay Bay resort to report a possible settlement range between $735 million and $800 million.

Read more: https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/government/company-says-might-pay-800-million-in-shooting-settlement/

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