Colorado law allows the winning side in a lawsuit to seek to have their court costs paid by the losing side, and so, Cinemark had requested $700,000 from the victims which had brought the suit.
However, a Colorado court ruled that the attack was unforeseeable and thus, Cinemark was not liable.
The Denver Post is reporting that the two sides have now reached an agreement, Cinemark will not go looking for repayment, as long as the victims forgo any appeal of the verdict against them.
The families of those that had been hurt and killed on that night in Aurora, Colorado had sued Cinemark on the belief that the theater’s security was lacking, and thus unprepared for a gunman to enter the theater and begin shooting.