Fourteen patrons and three workers – one who suffered a fractured spine – injured at Snoop Dogg’s High Road Tour concert in Camden on August 5th allege in a complaint filed today that the sudden collapse of a metal railing at the BB&T Pavilion was foreseeable, according to trial attorneys Robert J. Mongeluzzi, of Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky, P.C., and Steven G. Wigrizer, of Wapner Newman, P.C., whose firms represent the victims. Live Nation Entertainment, the global venue operator and event promoter, is named in the filing along with headlining artists Calvin Broadus, Jr. (aka Snoop Dogg), and Cameron Thomaz (aka Wiz Khalifa) in the first lawsuit filed following the incident.
“Our clients, and many others who attended the concert, were seriously injured because of the negligent conduct of the defendants who failed miserably in their duty to protect the audience and workers from harm,” said Mr. Mongeluzzi. “Today’s filing (Case No. 160803137- Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas) begins the legal process where we will prove that all of those responsible knew that the ‘second stage’ located behind the main seating was positioned directly beneath the lawn area and lacked barricades, seats, or aisles which would have prevented crowd surge.”
Mr. Wigrizer added, “Every plaintiff has asked us to do all we can to help prevent a reoccurrence through the litigation. Pure luck – not thoughtful planning by Live Nation (LYV:NYSE) or anyone else – is the only reason nobody died in that terrifying incident.”
Mr. Mongeluzzi and his trial team that includes Andrew R. Duffy, Jeffrey P. Goodman, and J. B. Dil
