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I assume that many, if not all of the businesses, corporations and individuals who were operating and supplying services at the time of the Las Vegas Strip shootings (Wikipedia) - such as hotels, concert promoters, etc. - to guests and concert attendees had protected themselves against liability with contracts, entered into the customers by the purchase of tickets, payment for hotel rooms or verbal agreements.

And those contracts absolved the provider of civil liability for injuries from ordinary circumstances (tripping/falling injuries) and also possibly injuries and deaths from extraordinary circumstances (force majeure) such as the shootings.

But regardless of those contracts: are these some possible civil actions by the victims? Would any or all of these possibilities be thrown out - such as a lawsuit against a municipality re: governmental immunity - by summary judgment?

1. Could someone open a civil action against the city of Paradise (where the incident occurred near but outside the boundaries of the city of Las Vegas) for failure to provide security? Or are city/county municipalities immune? And is the state of Nevada immune?

2. Could someone sue the concert promoters for failure to provide safety? And/or was that safety limited to the actual physical area of the concert?

3. Could someone sue the hotel/casino for failure to provide general safety? What about failure to prevent the gunman from bringing weapons into the hotel/casino?

4. What about the store that sold the firearms (or ammo or accessories) to the shooter? Even though those sales appear to have been legal in Nevada?

5. Or one or more of the firearm companies themselves?

6. What about the shooter, his estate and/or his family? I assume it can be alleged that they might have known of the shooter's plans and/or failed to intercede.

7. And (possibly) more of an opinion: could a group of victims attain class action status against any of those government or private entities?

I assume that many, if not all of the businesses, corporations and individuals who were operating and supplying services at the time of the Las Vegas Strip shootings (Wikipedia) - such as hotels, concert promoters, etc. - to guests and concert attendees had protected themselves against liability with contracts, entered into the customers by the purchase of tickets, payment for hotel rooms or verbal agreements.

And those contracts absolved the provider of civil liability for injuries from ordinary circumstances (tripping/falling injuries) and also possibly injuries and deaths from extraordinary circumstances (force majeure) such as the shootings.

But regardless of those contracts: are these some possible civil actions by the victims? (Yes, I know anyone can sue anyone in civil court). But why would any or all of these possibilities be thrown out - such as a lawsuit against a municipality re: governmental immunity - by summary judgment?

1. Could someone open a civil action against the city of Paradise (where the incident occurred near but outside the boundaries of the city of Las Vegas) for failure to provide security? Or are city/county municipalities immune? And is the state of Nevada immune?

2. Could someone sue the concert promoters for failure to provide safety? And/or was that safety limited to the actual physical area of the concert?

3. Could someone sue the hotel/casino for failure to provide general safety? What about failure to prevent the gunman from bringing weapons into the hotel/casino?

4. What about the store that sold the firearms (or ammo or accessories) to the shooter? Even though those sales appear to have been legal in Nevada?

5. Or one or more of the firearm companies themselves?

6. What about the shooter, his estate and/or his family? I assume it can be alleged that they might have known of the shooter's plans and/or failed to intercede.

7. And (possibly) more of an opinion: could a group of victims attain class action status against any of those government or private entities?

I assume that many - if not all - of the businesses, corporations and individuals who were operating and supplying services at the time of the Las Vegas Strip shootings (hotels, concert promoters, etc.) to guests and concert attendees had protected themselves against liability with contracts, entered into the customers by the purchase of tickets, payment for hotel rooms or verbal agreements.

And those contracts absolved the provider of civil liability for injuries from ordinary circumstances (tripping/falling injuries) and also possibly injuries and deaths from extraordinary circumstances (force majeure) such as the shootings.

But regardless of those contracts: are these some possible civil actions by the victims? Would any or all of these possibilities be thrown out - such as a lawsuit against a municipality re: governmental immunity - by summary judgment?

1. Could someone open a civil action against the city of Paradise (where the incident occurred near but outside the boundaries of the city of Las Vegas) for failure to provide security? Or are city/county municipalities immune? And is the state of Nevada immune?

2. Could someone sue the concert promoters for failure to provide safety? And/or was that safety limited to the actual physical area of the concert?

3. Could someone sue the hotel/casino for failure to provide general safety? What about failure to prevent the gunman from bringing weapons into the hotel/casino?

4. What about the store that sold the firearms to the shooter? Even though those sales appear to have been legal in Nevada?

5. Or one or more of the firearm companies themselves?

6. What about the shooter, his estate, and/or his family? I assume it can be alleged that they might have known of the shooter's plans and/or failed to intercede.

7. And more of an opinion: could a group of victims attain class action status against any of those entities?

I assume that many, if not all of the businesses, corporations and individuals who were operating and supplying services at the time of the Las Vegas Strip shootings (Wikipedia) - such as hotels, concert promoters, etc. - to guests and concert attendees had protected themselves against liability with contracts, entered into the customers by the purchase of tickets, payment for hotel rooms or verbal agreements.

And those contracts absolved the provider of civil liability for injuries from ordinary circumstances (tripping/falling injuries) and also possibly injuries and deaths from extraordinary circumstances (force majeure) such as the shootings.

But regardless of those contracts: are these some possible civil actions by the victims? Would any or all of these possibilities be thrown out - such as a lawsuit against a municipality re: governmental immunity - by summary judgment?

1. Could someone open a civil action against the city of Paradise (where the incident occurred near but outside the boundaries of the city of Las Vegas) for failure to provide security? Or are city/county municipalities immune? And is the state of Nevada immune?

2. Could someone sue the concert promoters for failure to provide safety? And/or was that safety limited to the actual physical area of the concert?

3. Could someone sue the hotel/casino for failure to provide general safety? What about failure to prevent the gunman from bringing weapons into the hotel/casino?

4. What about the store that sold the firearms (or ammo or accessories) to the shooter? Even though those sales appear to have been legal in Nevada?

5. Or one or more of the firearm companies themselves?

6. What about the shooter, his estate and/or his family? I assume it can be alleged that they might have known of the shooter's plans and/or failed to intercede.

7. And (possibly) more of an opinion: could a group of victims attain class action status against any of those government or private entities?

I assume that many - if not all - of the businesses, corporations and individuals who were operating and supplying services at the time of the Las Vegas Strip shootings (hotels, concert promoters, etc.) to guests and concert attendees had protected themselves against liability with contracts, entered into the customers by the purchase of tickets, payment for hotel rooms or verbal agreements.

And those contracts absolved the provider of civil liability for injuries from ordinary circumstances (tripping/falling injuries) and also possibly injuries and deaths from extraordinary circumstances (force majeure) such as the shootings.

But regardless of those contracts: are these some possible civil actions by the victims? Would any or all of these possibilities be thrown out - such as a lawsuit against a municipality re: governmental immunity - by summary judgment?

1. Could someone open a civil action against the city of Las Vegas for failure to provide security? Or are city/county municipalities immune? And is the state of Nevada immune?

2. Could someone sue the concert promoters for failure to provide safety? And/or was that safety limited to the actual physical area of the concert?

3. Could someone sue the hotel/casino for failure to provide general safety? What about failure to prevent the gunman from bringing weapons into the hotel/casino?

4. What about the store that sold the firearms to the shooter? Even though those sales appear to have been legal in Nevada?

5. Or one or more of the firearm companies themselves?

6. What about the shooter, his estate, and/or his family? I assume it can be alleged that they might have known of the shooter's plans and/or failed to intercede.

7. And more of an opinion: could a group of victims attain class action status against any of those entities?

I assume that many - if not all - of the businesses, corporations and individuals who were operating and supplying services at the time of the Las Vegas Strip shootings (hotels, concert promoters, etc.) to guests and concert attendees had protected themselves against liability with contracts, entered into the customers by the purchase of tickets, payment for hotel rooms or verbal agreements.

And those contracts absolved the provider of civil liability for injuries from ordinary circumstances (tripping/falling injuries) and also possibly injuries and deaths from extraordinary circumstances (force majeure) such as the shootings.

But regardless of those contracts: are these some possible civil actions by the victims? Would any or all of these possibilities be thrown out - such as a lawsuit against a municipality re: governmental immunity - by summary judgment?

1. Could someone open a civil action against the city of Paradise (where the incident occurred near but outside the boundaries of the city of Las Vegas) for failure to provide security? Or are city/county municipalities immune? And is the state of Nevada immune?

2. Could someone sue the concert promoters for failure to provide safety? And/or was that safety limited to the actual physical area of the concert?

3. Could someone sue the hotel/casino for failure to provide general safety? What about failure to prevent the gunman from bringing weapons into the hotel/casino?

4. What about the store that sold the firearms to the shooter? Even though those sales appear to have been legal in Nevada?

5. Or one or more of the firearm companies themselves?

6. What about the shooter, his estate, and/or his family? I assume it can be alleged that they might have known of the shooter's plans and/or failed to intercede.

7. And more of an opinion: could a group of victims attain class action status against any of those entities?