9 of the ten wrongful demise lawsuits that have been filed after a stampede on the Astroworld music pageant in 2021 have been settled, a spokeswoman for Dwell Nation confirmed on Wednesday after a court docket listening to concerning the newest settlement.
Ten individuals have been killed and a whole lot extra injured on account of a big crowd surge throughout a efficiency by the rapper Travis Scott in Houston on Nov. 5, 2021. The fits alleged that Scott, who was the headliner, the live performance promoter Dwell Nation and different defendants had contributed to the deaths by negligent planning and an absence of security measures.
A lawsuit filed by the household of 23-year-old Madison Dubiski was set to go to trial this week. However a lawyer for Dwell Nation stated in a civil district court docket in Harris County that the case had been settled together with eight others, in response to The Related Press.
In its lawsuit, Ms. Dubiski’s household alleged that the defendants had brought about her demise by their failure to adequately plan, employees and supervise the live performance. “Whereas in attendance on the pageant, Madison was trampled and crushed leading to horrific accidents, pre-death ache and struggling, and her demise,” the swimsuit stated.
The phrases of the settlements have been confidential.
The remaining pending lawsuit was filed by the household of 9-year-old Ezra Blount, the youngest individual killed. Attorneys for his household didn’t reply to requests for remark.
Final yr, a grand jury declined to indict Scott and 5 others linked to the pageant. A crowd of fifty,000 individuals had gathered for the third iteration of Scott’s occasion, named after the 2018 album that helped make him a star.
Ben Sisario contributed reporting. Kirsten Noyes contributed analysis.
