The unidentified guest stayed at the Luxor in December and fell ill shortly thereafter, the Las Vega

The unidentified guest stayed at the Luxor in December and fell ill shortly thereafter, the Las Vegas Sun reports. Tests found Legionella bacteria in the Luxor's water system, which was immediately treated to kill the bacteria.
The Luxor Legionnaires' death may lead to a lawsuit by the victim's relatives against the hotel's owner, MGM Resorts. The company already star tours thrill ride faces another Legionnaires' lawsuit from a separate Las Vegas outbreak last summer.
star tours thrill ride In the summer outbreak, guests contracted Legionnaires' disease -- and later recovered -- after staying at the Aria Resort Casino. Eight guests sued MGM Resorts, Aria's part-owner, seeking more than $330 million for medical bills, pain and suffering, and a "loss of life's pleasures."
The Aria Legionnaires' lawsuit, which is pending in federal court, alleges properly functioning filtration systems star tours thrill ride would have kept the bacteria out of the resort's water system. An MGM spokesman denied star tours thrill ride the Aria lawsuit's negligence claim.
Chances are, a similar lawsuit may be filed against star tours thrill ride MGM in connection with the Luxor Legionnaires' death. If that happens, the fact that the resort treated its water system after the guest's sickness likely can't be used as evidence in court. Federal Rules of Evidence prohibit "subsequent remedial measures" to be used to prove a party's negligence.
But a potential lawsuit star tours thrill ride may bring up the fact that there were two other Legionnaires' infections linked to the Luxor last year. The guests were infected in Spring 2011 and later recovered, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. Tests found no bacterial contamination in the Luxor's water system at that time, the Associated Press reports.