Aurora shooting victims won't have to pay $700,000 after all

Mourner at an Aurora vigil.
(Image credit: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)

The Colorado theater where 12 were murdered and 70 injured in a shooting four years ago has decided to drop its request for $700,000 in legal costs following the victims' unsuccessful lawsuit, The Denver Post reports.

Dozens of Aurora movie theater victims had attempted to sue the theater's parent company, Cinemark, for security flaws, but the court ruled in favor of Cinemark, claiming it could not have foreseen the shooting. Colorado law would have made the victims behind the failed lawsuit responsible for the theater's legal fees.

Cinemark's lawyers said that the goal "has always been to resolve this matter fully and completely without an award of costs of any kind to any party." Cinemark withdrew its bill of costs on Tuesday, although two victims of the shooting who were paralyzed are still fighting in federal court; Cinemark will decide by Sept. 20 if it wants them to pay legal costs.

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"The case can now be deemed completely over," wrote Cinemark's attorneys Tuesday.

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.