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Nine wrongful death lawsuits settled related to 2021 Astroworld crowd surge
Ten people were killed, aged from nine to 27, at festival in Houston, Texas, headlined by the rap star Travis Scott
All but one of the wrongful death lawsuits that have been filed in the wake of the 2021 crowd surge at the Astroworld festival, in which 10 people were killed, have been settled, lawyers for the festival’s promoter have revealed.
Neal Manne, an attorney for Live Nation, which was among those being sued, told a court on Wednesday that nine cases had been settled. Only the claim for wrongful death relating to the youngest person who died, Ezra Blount, nine, remains pending.
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