City Creek Center Mall Suing Crazy Man for Losses (link)

[_The Mighty Builder]

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=270262 ... id=queue-6

An upscale shopping center in the heart of Salt Lake City is suing a Utah man charged with plotting a mass shooting at the mall, claiming his threats brought bad publicity and led workers and shoppers to fear for their safety.

Prosecutors say Jack Harry Stiles, 42, planned to randomly shoot people at the City Creek Center this week, the anniversary of his mother's death. In addition, they say he planned to open fire at a movie theater and wire a bomb underneath a bus.

According to a lawsuit filed Wednesday, attorneys for City Creek said that "a significant amount of negative media attention has been drawn" to the center because of the case, and it has left visitors, tenants and employees worried about their safety and security. The filing came just two days after Stiles' arrest.

The shopping center is seeking a permanent court order barring Stiles from coming with 4,000 feet of the mall and at least $300,000 in damages, with the full amount to be determined in court.

[_DarkHelmet]

If they can prove he hurt sales, they might have a case. I'm not sure if 2 days worth of data is enough evidence to show damages. If I ran a business in that mall and customers stopped coming in because of this nut case, I would be pissed too.

[_The Mighty Builder]

Court records show he didn't have any weapons but state he was planning to buy two guns with silencers and stock up on ammunition.

What was that Tom Cruz movie where people were arrested and prosecuted for what they were thinking? Sounds kinda like that.

[_The Erotic Apologist]

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=27026296&nid=148&title=city-creek-mall-sues-man-accused-of-mass-shooting-plot&fm=home_page&s_cid=queue-6

An upscale shopping center in the heart of Salt Lake City is suing a Utah man charged with plotting a mass shooting at the mall...

Right, because lawsuits are extremely effective against a fusillade of bullets.

The movie was Minority Report, which I thought wasn't half bad.

[_Arrakis]

They'll spend $100,000 in legal fees, keep a negative story in the news, and eventually seize all his assets.....all $12.59

[_The Erotic Apologist]

Lawyers...pretty handy in a court of law, utterly clueless in the court of public opinion.

[_harmony]

They'll spend $100,000 in legal fees, keep a negative story in the news, and eventually seize all his assets.....all $12.59

They're paying themselves.

[_DrW]

They'll spend $100,000 in legal fees, keep a negative story in the news, and eventually seize all his assets.....all $12.59

-> But probably more truth than fiction.

[_harmony]

Is this even possible? I mean outside the Zion Curtain, with the church on both ends of the fiscal spectrum... is this even possible?

[_bcspace]

The movie was Minority Report, which I thought wasn't half bad.

More than that, it was dang good.