Stephen Holloway and Michael McClelland have settled their Los Angeles personal injury lawsuit against Contemporary Services Corp. of Northridge, Live Nation Worldwide Inc., and Pavilion Partners Limited. Holloway and McClelland, who are both from Riverside County, had filed their Los Angeles inadequate security complaint in January 2008 for injuries they sustained at the July 2007 Ozzfest concert in Devore.
The plaintiffs claim that the security guards at the concert were "too young" and did not have the proper training to work as security guards at the heavy metal concert, which had been founded by Ozzy Osborne and his wife Sharon. Holloway says that he was attacked by several assailants while at the Glen Helen Pavilion. They grabbed his hair, kicked his face, and broke his jaw. He contends that the security guards at the concert told him and his girlfriend to leave and they refused to write a report about the alleged attack.
McClelland says that he sustained lacerations, bruises, and broke his jaw during a similar attack. He claims that when security at the concert was notified about the assault, they didn't want to get involved because they deemed the situation to be too dangerous.
The plaintiffs say that they did nothing to provoke the attacks. They also contend that prior to the assaults on them, security had known about other attacks that had already occurred to other Ozzfest attendees.
Los Angeles Inadequate Security Lawsuits
If you were a victim of a violent crime on someone else's property or at an event that you attended, you may have grounds for filing a Los Angeles premises liability lawsuit. Premise owners and event supervisors are supposed to make sure that there is adequate security on a property so that patrons, guests, residents, and visitors aren't assaulted, raped, robbed, or murdered. Failure to provide adequate security measures--especially if there was prior knowledge about past criminal activities on the premise--can be grounds for a Los Angeles personal injury lawsuit.
Examples of some of the safety measures a property owner or event supervisor may want to implement to provide the proper protections and ward off inadequate security cases (This will vary, depending on the premise and/or event):
• Security cameras
• Security personnel
• Secured gates
• Surveillance cameras
• Alarm system
• Doors and windows that are properly secured
• Adequate lighting
• Gated entryways
• Security screening systems and procedures
Settlement reached in lawsuit over injuries suffered at Ozzfest, Mydesert.com, April 21, 2010
Related Web Resources:
Premises Liability, Justia
