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Discussion Board #3 - Astroworld's Legal Troubles As the world knows by now, ten people died and numerous others were hospitalized as a result of injuries that occurred during Travis Scott's Astroworld musical performance in Houston on Friday, November 5, 2021. The crowd pushed and shoved their way forward towards the stage, creating the equivalent of a stampede, also defined as a crowd surge. Many people were crushed under the weight of the crowd, as people from the audience shouted, "Stop the Show". As the singer, Travis Scott, sang on, many people were trampled to death. By 10:12 pm, eight people had perished, and two more victims followed shortly after being taken into emergency care. This is now a criminal investigation, with billions in lawsuits stemming from 282 victims from that event. These lawsuits are being leveled not only at Travis Scott but Rapper Drake, (a fellow performer from that night), LiveNation, Apple Music, and NRG Stadium, Drake, Scoremore, and the venue NRG Park. All have been listed as defendants in those cases. (For purposes of this discussion, we'll treat those lawsuits as a singular case.) As we study the concepts of negligence per se, due diligence, the duty of care, joint and several and special negligence doctrines, we can apply these concepts to this case. The questions below are targeting the specifics of this case, and your research into this will serve as a backdrop to not only post your initial discussion answers but discuss this case with your peers. (PLEASE NOTE: This case is a very sensitive case and is to be handled and discussed with integrity and respect to those who suffered injury and death as a result. We only want to discuss the legal aspects of this case and center our attention on what went so terribly wrong concerning the details of this event, negligence per see, and issues concerning a duty of care. Our prayers remain with those families who lost loved ones, or who suffered needless injuries that are permanent.) QUESTIONS FOR THIS DISCUSSION: 1. A 56-page Operations Plan for Astroworld was secured by CNN: (cnn-astroworld-operations-plan-redacted.pdf) Please review this document and then answer the following questions: Based on the law of Due Diligence, after reviewing the Operations Plan, do you believe that due diligence was given with regards to the planning of this event? From a legal standpoint, in meeting the Duty of Care, where do you believe that this Operations Plan falls short and what should have been done to prevent this tragedy? Please be specific. 2. Hours prior to the concert, fans stormed the entrances, and many people were hurt simply entering the Park. Some people have stated that, "The concert should have been canceled at that point", citing that, "those lives would have been spared had the concert been canceled due to the foreseeability of an unmanageable crowd." If you were on the event planning staff, would you have ordered the venue to be shut down? Why or why not? Explain your answer. 3. As stated above, Rapper Drake. (a fellow performer from that night), LiveNation, Apple Music, and NRG Stadium, Drake, 3. As stated above, Rapper Drake, (a fellow performer from that night), LiveNation, Apple Music, and NRG Stadium, Drake, Scoremore, and the venue NRG Park, have all been listed as defendants in the case, as this has become a join and several case. Can you justify why each of these would be defendants? Were those listed as defendants negligent in terms of a duty of care to be taken towards those attending the event? Are there names on this list that should be indemnified from being defendants? Why or why not? 4. As reported by Gabrielle Sanchez B, Travis Scott's lawyer asserts the rapper "is not legally liable" for the deadly event. According to her article, "Rapper Travis Scott has filed for the dismissal for several of the pending lawsuits against him in connection to the 10 deaths and hundreds of injuries during his set at Astroworld in Houston on November 5. Scott's representation attests the performer "is not legally liable for the tragedy." From a legal perspective, is Travis Scott liable due to negligence per se? Why or why not? Based on your viewing of the event, should he have "stopped the show" when he first became aware of people passing out? Does this prove negligence? Why or why not? Discussion Board #3 - Astroworld's Legal Troubles As the world knows by now, ten people died and numerous others were hospitalized as a result of injuries that occurred during Travis Scott's Astroworld musical performance in Houston on Friday, November 5, 2021. The crowd pushed and shoved their way forward towards the stage, creating the equivalent of a stampede, also defined as a crowd surge. Many people were crushed under the weight of the crowd, as people from the audience shouted, "Stop the Show". As the singer, Travis Scott, sang on, many people were trampled to death. By 10:12 pm, eight people had perished, and two more victims followed shortly after being taken into emergency care. This is now a criminal investigation, with billions in lawsuits stemming from 282 victims from that event. These lawsuits are being leveled not only at Travis Scott but Rapper Drake, (a fellow performer from that night), LiveNation, Apple Music, and NRG Stadium, Drake, Scoremore, and the venue NRG Park. All have been listed as defendants in those cases. (For purposes of this discussion, we'll treat those lawsuits as a singular case.) As we study the concepts of negligence per se, due diligence, the duty of care, joint and several and special negligence doctrines, we can apply these concepts to this case. The questions below are targeting the specifics of this case, and your research into this will serve as a backdrop to not only post your initial discussion answers but discuss this case with your peers. (PLEASE NOTE: This case is a very sensitive case and is to be handled and discussed with integrity and respect to those who suffered injury and death as a result. We only want to discuss the legal aspects of this case and center our attention on what went so terribly wrong concerning the details of this event, negligence per see, and issues concerning a duty of care. Our prayers remain with those families who lost loved ones, or who suffered needless injuries that are permanent.) QUESTIONS FOR THIS DISCUSSION: 1. A 56-page Operations Plan for Astroworld was secured by CNN: (cnn-astroworld-operations-plan-redacted.pdf) Please review this document and then answer the following questions: Based on the law of Due Diligence, after reviewing the Operations Plan, do you believe that due diligence was given with regards to the planning of this event? From a legal standpoint, in meeting the Duty of Care, where do you believe that this Operations Plan falls short and what should have been done to prevent this tragedy? Please be specific. 2. Hours prior to the concert, fans stormed the entrances, and many people were hurt simply entering the Park. Some people have stated that, "The concert should have been canceled at that point", citing that, "those lives would have been spared had the concert been canceled due to the foreseeability of an unmanageable crowd." If you were on the event planning staff, would you have ordered the venue to be shut down? Why or why not? Explain your answer. 3. As stated above, Rapper Drake. (a fellow performer from that night), LiveNation, Apple Music, and NRG Stadium, Drake, 3. As stated above, Rapper Drake, (a fellow performer from that night), LiveNation, Apple Music, and NRG Stadium, Drake, Scoremore, and the venue NRG Park, have all been listed as defendants in the case, as this has become a join and several case. Can you justify why each of these would be defendants? Were those listed as defendants negligent in terms of a duty of care to be taken towards those attending the event? Are there names on this list that should be indemnified from being defendants? Why or why not? 4. As reported by Gabrielle Sanchez B, Travis Scott's lawyer asserts the rapper "is not legally liable" for the deadly event. According to her article, "Rapper Travis Scott has filed for the dismissal for several of the pending lawsuits against him in connection to the 10 deaths and hundreds of injuries during his set at Astroworld in Houston on November 5. Scott's representation attests the performer "is not legally liable for the tragedy." From a legal perspective, is Travis Scott liable due to negligence per se? Why or why not? Based on your viewing of the event, should he have "stopped the show" when he first became aware of people passing out? Does this prove negligence? Why or why not?
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