We have had repeated threads here on TFL where people say the victims should sue businesses when they have been disarmed (often described as being rendered 'defenseless') by gun free zones and have been hurt/killed. Sometimes the attitude has been to try to financially harm the businesses into giving up their rights a to allow people to carry. While Tennessee has made from carry-friendly law changes holding businesses more responsible, the other 49 states and US territories have not.
So what happens if you are in a shooting in Colorado and want to hold the business responsible? It may cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars if you lose. That is what has happened for at least 4 plaintiffs who decided to press their civil case against Cinemark, even after being told they should reconsider by the judge after another case against Cinemark had been ruled that Cinemark could not have foreseen the shooting and therefore was not responsible. Long story short, of the 41 plaintiffs in the case, 4 decided to pursue it and 4 are now left holding the bag, losing the case for which Cinemark has the right to recover lost legal fees as the winner of the suit.
http://theweek.com/speedreads/646024...-theater-chain
http://www.businessinsider.com/auror...-naught-2016-8
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/06/30...ms-legal-fees/
Mind you, these cases were not for the purpose of forcing Cinemark to allow concealed carry. These were simply for there being a safer environment via means such as security guards, door alarms, etc.