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A lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles claiming that Live Nation \u201cfailed to take basic, reasonable steps\u201d to prevent injuries resulting from a stampede during the Lovers & Friends Music Festival in Las Vegas last May.<\/p>\n
The complaint from Aaliyah Aguilar, Carla Thomas and James Thomas claimed that the plaintiffs \u201cscreamed\u201d for help from the event organisers, security and emergency medical care, but none was forthcoming.<\/p>\n
The injuries are said to have been caused during a crowd surge caused by a sudden noise followed by incorrect rumours of gunfire at the festival. The speculation led to a brief pause in the festival, which operated by Live Nation.<\/p>\n
The complainants said that they suffered serious injuries and emotional distress resulting from being \u201cpushed, smashed, dragged, kicked, stepped on, trampled and crushed to the ground\u201d by a \u201csea of people\u201d.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit added: \u201cDefendants failed to employ adequate, properly trained, monitored, and supervised reasonable security, safety and medical provision measures. Defendants failed to provide a safe venue, one that provided adequate signs and warnings that would have guided the crowd into a particular emergency exit route in the event of an alarm or emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n
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