This is just ridiculous. I don’t see how you can blame the band. They are not responsible for the actions of their fans. They chose to attend the concert. Everyone has a smartphone these days. The weather information was likely just as apparent to the fans as to those backstage.
And if they would have delayed it? People would have been standing around waiting for them to come on stage. They are not to blame. It’s tragic but really blaming the band? This tragedy just exemplies what is wrong with our world today. No longer can people just accept that bad things happen sometimes. I’m pretty sure that Sugarland wasn’t babysitting the people who showed up to watch them. Where is their negligence?
I don’t really think anyone is blaming Sugarland or thinks they were negligent. Just their arogant attorney for making such a STUPID comment. Fits though, doesn’t it?
LisaL is right – this week has been media hell for Sugarland and their fans because of their idiot lawyers’ statement…thanks for tarnishing their name and reputation legal team!
I don’t think that they should blame the fans. However if you’re not smart enough to get in out of the elements that’s not the bands fault!! Why does that BAND have to warn people. They aren’t meteorologists they are Musicians!! Maybe we should blame the company that supplied the metal to build the stage, and or whoever provided the nuts and bolts. I mean come on people yes it’s tragic, but Sugarland themselves are not to blame, nor are they responsible for what their representatives say for them. Or for that matter the people WHO CHOSE to stay out in the wind and rain. Anybody with any common sense would know they would not be running electrical anything when it’s raining DUH!!!!!! I think there was a lack of common sense here and poor judgement.
This one presents an intersting question. Who, if anyone, was responsible for this? Events are delayed all the time due to weather. The “micro burst” of wind was unforeseen and something no one could have predicted. Sometimes, accidents happen and no one is liable. Thanks to personal injury attorneys, our legal system has degraded into one of establishing who was at fault and liable to “who will pay”.
Bands and signers perform. They aren’t experts in stage construction or forecasting weather. They shouldn’t be held responsible for either. It seems the stage and rigging was up to code. So where’s the negligence?
The article is not well-written for placement in a quasi-legal site like ClaimsJournal. Put this in context: “But IN THEIR RESPONSE TO A CIVIL LAWSUIT, the band’s attorneys said injured fans “failed to exercise due care for their own safety” and contended some or all of their injuries “resulted from their own fault.””
This is simply a recitation of the affirmative defenses the band raised – and should always raise – in response to litigation. This is boilerplate language in every answer to a complaint for tort damages. It would be malpractice to NOT raise those defenses.
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This is just ridiculous. I don’t see how you can blame the band. They are not responsible for the actions of their fans. They chose to attend the concert. Everyone has a smartphone these days. The weather information was likely just as apparent to the fans as to those backstage.
And if they would have delayed it? People would have been standing around waiting for them to come on stage. They are not to blame. It’s tragic but really blaming the band? This tragedy just exemplies what is wrong with our world today. No longer can people just accept that bad things happen sometimes. I’m pretty sure that Sugarland wasn’t babysitting the people who showed up to watch them. Where is their negligence?
I don’t really think anyone is blaming Sugarland or thinks they were negligent. Just their arogant attorney for making such a STUPID comment. Fits though, doesn’t it?
If no one is blaming Sugarland, why are they being sued???
Nice way for the attorneys to lose fans for Sugarland.
LisaL is right – this week has been media hell for Sugarland and their fans because of their idiot lawyers’ statement…thanks for tarnishing their name and reputation legal team!
I don’t think that they should blame the fans. However if you’re not smart enough to get in out of the elements that’s not the bands fault!! Why does that BAND have to warn people. They aren’t meteorologists they are Musicians!! Maybe we should blame the company that supplied the metal to build the stage, and or whoever provided the nuts and bolts. I mean come on people yes it’s tragic, but Sugarland themselves are not to blame, nor are they responsible for what their representatives say for them. Or for that matter the people WHO CHOSE to stay out in the wind and rain. Anybody with any common sense would know they would not be running electrical anything when it’s raining DUH!!!!!! I think there was a lack of common sense here and poor judgement.
This one presents an intersting question. Who, if anyone, was responsible for this? Events are delayed all the time due to weather. The “micro burst” of wind was unforeseen and something no one could have predicted. Sometimes, accidents happen and no one is liable. Thanks to personal injury attorneys, our legal system has degraded into one of establishing who was at fault and liable to “who will pay”.
Bands and signers perform. They aren’t experts in stage construction or forecasting weather. They shouldn’t be held responsible for either. It seems the stage and rigging was up to code. So where’s the negligence?
The article is not well-written for placement in a quasi-legal site like ClaimsJournal. Put this in context: “But IN THEIR RESPONSE TO A CIVIL LAWSUIT, the band’s attorneys said injured fans “failed to exercise due care for their own safety” and contended some or all of their injuries “resulted from their own fault.””
This is simply a recitation of the affirmative defenses the band raised – and should always raise – in response to litigation. This is boilerplate language in every answer to a complaint for tort damages. It would be malpractice to NOT raise those defenses.