ORLANDO, Florida — A personal injury attorney representing some of the families and survivors of the Orlando nightclub massacre filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the gunman’s employer and wife, claiming they could have stopped Omar Mateen before the attack but didn’t. Forty-nine people were killed during the worst mass shooting in modern US history at the gay nightclub. ADVERTISEMENTPersonal injury attorney Antonio Romanucci said Mateen’s employer, international security company G4S, knew he was mentally unstable yet allowed him to carry a gun in his job as a security guard. Romanucci said Mateen’s wife, Noor Salman, knew her husband was going to carry out the killings. But even if the plaintiffs can show Mateen’s employer should have taken some precautions, “you still have to show that what the employer failed to do caused the mass shooting,” Pandya said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 22, 2017 14:37 UTC