Relatives of a woman killed in a 2023 mass shooting at a Monterey Park ballroom dance studio may proceed—for now—with their claim that the studio should have been more secure, a Los Angeles judge ruled.
Judge Lee S. Arian allowed a claim of negligence to proceed, overruling a challenge from the ballroom Friday. Finding a second claim of premise liability redundant, he sustained that element of the ballroom’s demurrer.
Star Ballroom’s lawyers argued in court filings they had no legal duty to prevent the mass shooting. They said the lawsuit, filed in California Superior Court, Los Angeles County, failed ...
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