Comments on: The Bear Growls: Casino security goes berserk again — Cannery and Stratosphere craziness http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=279 Opinions and Commentary on the Gaming Industry Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:47:22 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kim Lee http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=279&cpage=1#comment-103 Kim Lee Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:42:49 +0000 http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=279#comment-103 Harrassment of photographers is a common problem. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2006-08-11-photography-rights_x.htm http://nycphotorights.com/wordpress/ Harrassment of photographers is a common problem.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2006-08-11-photography-rights_x.htm

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]]> By: FoolsGold http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=279&cpage=1#comment-102 FoolsGold Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:36:16 +0000 http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=279#comment-102 Actually, its very difficult to even get a lawyer to take a case like this on a straight-fee basis much less a contingency basis. And many of those judgments go unpaid during endless appeals during which the initially prevailing plaintiff may be threatened with the court lowering his award. Punitive damages are often not even to be considered by the jury and even if awarded are generally prone to being reduced as evidence of an overly empassioned jury panel. Many of the casinos just pass on the cost to their insurers and go about doing business as usual. Poorly trained, under-paid and overly-bored security guards dream of something big but have nothing to look forward to but intimidating someone who photographed a mural. I've no idea how to photgraph a mural without having my back turned to the casino floor so I sort of wonder what the fuss was all about. Meanwhile, how many carjackings in the parking lot? How many thefts in the casino? How many shot takers in the casino? With incidents like these making the newspapers one wonders just how many free buffets they are going to have to give away just to get their business back up to where it was before? Actually, its very difficult to even get a lawyer to take a case like this on a straight-fee basis much less a contingency basis. And many of those judgments go unpaid during endless appeals during which the initially prevailing plaintiff may be threatened with the court lowering his award.

Punitive damages are often not even to be considered by the jury and even if awarded are generally prone to being reduced as evidence of an overly empassioned jury panel.

Many of the casinos just pass on the cost to their insurers and go about doing business as usual. Poorly trained, under-paid and overly-bored security guards dream of something big but have nothing to look forward to but intimidating someone who photographed a mural. I’ve no idea how to photgraph a mural without having my back turned to the casino floor so I sort of wonder what the fuss was all about. Meanwhile, how many carjackings in the parking lot? How many thefts in the casino? How many shot takers in the casino?
With incidents like these making the newspapers one wonders just how many free buffets they are going to have to give away just to get their business back up to where it was before?

]]> By: Kim Lee http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=279&cpage=1#comment-101 Kim Lee Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:29:13 +0000 http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=279#comment-101 Let's give some credit to the police who didn't tolerate this nonsense and returned the drivers license. This is simple corruption of a big business, not the police. We have a civil court system to penalize these abuses; let's hope the victim uses it effectively (like the Tao nightclub case). Let’s give some credit to the police who didn’t tolerate this nonsense and returned the drivers license. This is simple corruption of a big business, not the police. We have a civil court system to penalize these abuses; let’s hope the victim uses it effectively (like the Tao nightclub case).

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