Sympathetic jury wanting to do “something” for the victims’ families...and lawyers going after the deepest pockets. This will be tossed, or greatly reduced, on appeal..
All the money in the world won’t bring someone back to life and it is a tragedy but at one point you have to ask yourself would any amount of security have thwarted a feral attack in this day and age? Probably not. Security guards aren’t respected. They’re barely a detterent.
Maybe.
The argument for liability is probably based on the common “chain of causation” argument.
Same reason a negligent driver can be held liable for the death of a person after an accident — even though it may have resulted form medical malpractice.
Also, unfortunately, $27 million isn’t that big of an award these days.