NJ Las Vegas Massacre Victim Sued By Hotel Where Shooter Was

Megan Panzera, one of the hundreds of victims of the deadliest mass shooting in United States history, is being sued by the owner of the hotel where the shooting occurred according to a report.

MGM Resorts International, which is facing several lawsuits over the shooting, filed a lawsuits in U.S. District Courts in Nevada and California, naming 1,000 victims of the shooting as defendants.

MGM Resorts International, citing federal law, said lawsuits were filed to try and help the victims recover from the shooting, CNN reported. The lawsuits are a way of protecting the hotel from legal actions, according to the report. (Read a copy of one of the lawsuits here.)

According to one of the lawsuits, Megan Panzera has threatened to file a claim against MGM due to the shooting.

Las Vegas attorney Robert Eglet called the lawsuits against the victims "utterly reprehensible."

MGM Resorts International is the parent company of the corporation that owns the Mandalay Bay and the Las Vegas Village, where the festival occurred, CNN reported.

Megan Panzera husband, Valdo Panzera Jr., declined to comment on the lawsuit. He referred a reporter to the family's lawyer, Nancy Lucianna. Lucianna did not return a message seeking comment Wednesday.

Valdo Panzera and his wife, who was his girlfriend at the time, were in the crowd as Stephen Paddock opened fire on the unsuspecting crowd from his hotel room at the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. Fifty-eight people were killed in the shooting and 851 people were injured, including 400 by gunfire.

Paddock killed himself in the hotel room. Megan Panzera moved to Las Vegas from North Jersey to work as a teacher. They ran and sought shelter in a Motel 6 during the shooting. At least two others from New Jersey were in the crowd.

Megan Panzera was pregnant with the couple's son, Valdo Panzera III when the shooting occurred. He was born June 3. Panzera calls his son the "youngest survivor" of the Las Vegas shooting.

"My son is our hero because if it wasn't for him, who knows what would have happened," Panzera Jr. previously said. "When we were running for our lives, that is when it really hit me that I was a parent. It was all three of us running."

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Valdo Panzera Jr. and Megan Panzera with their son, Valdo Panzera III.