This fire is a case study used in almost every occupational safety degree course. The reason those people died was the place was packed and the exits were inadequate. The pyro company had nothing to do with it, Home Depot had nothing to do with it and the insulatin company had nothing to due with it. The club owners had everything to do with it. They should have properly constructed the stage to handle pyros or not allowed pyros at all. They should have had adequate egress and they should not have packed the building over-capacity.
In a perfect world (I know, there’s no such thing) the band should be found negligent for improperly surveying the area in which it used pyrotechnics. Ignorance is not a defense. It should bear up to 25% liabilty. Too bad is doesn’t have insurance.
The Club is the real culprit for ignoring the product warning to place a non-flammable bearing over the insulation, and for locking the exit doors.
Home Depot should have fought hard and long in this matter and never should have settled or offered a dime. It’s disgusting that the money grubbers even included them in the lawsuit.
odds are johnnie that both Home Depot and thier insurer probably found it would be cheaper to pay the 5 million up front vs trying to defend in court and possibly getting hit with punitive damages from a jury that is “standing up for the little guy”
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This fire is a case study used in almost every occupational safety degree course. The reason those people died was the place was packed and the exits were inadequate. The pyro company had nothing to do with it, Home Depot had nothing to do with it and the insulatin company had nothing to due with it. The club owners had everything to do with it. They should have properly constructed the stage to handle pyros or not allowed pyros at all. They should have had adequate egress and they should not have packed the building over-capacity.
The tragic part is that the true parties responsible, the club owners, are not rich enough to pay out for all damages.
The tragic part is that innocent parties who did nothing wrong have to pay legal fees and settlement fees.
Tragic
I bet the survivor’s families would argue against what you consider the tragic part is.
Hey,
REMEMBER!
SOMEONE HAS TO PAY!!!!!!
Lawyers need to be fed
In a perfect world (I know, there’s no such thing) the band should be found negligent for improperly surveying the area in which it used pyrotechnics. Ignorance is not a defense. It should bear up to 25% liabilty. Too bad is doesn’t have insurance.
The Club is the real culprit for ignoring the product warning to place a non-flammable bearing over the insulation, and for locking the exit doors.
Those people should ahve known what they were getting into.
Who blocked the exits? People. They were roudy and they panicked. They should ahve seen that this whole thing was a tinder box.
Not to mention that the musci they were going to see was horrible, therefore, you know the band cant posibly afford “safe” pyrotechnics or insurance.
So, the buyer (of the concert ticket) beware.
George……..your remarks make the rest of us look almost normal.
Home Depot should have fought hard and long in this matter and never should have settled or offered a dime. It’s disgusting that the money grubbers even included them in the lawsuit.
odds are johnnie that both Home Depot and thier insurer probably found it would be cheaper to pay the 5 million up front vs trying to defend in court and possibly getting hit with punitive damages from a jury that is “standing up for the little guy”