Esau Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Ok,maybe its just me but I find this to be one of the strangest music related bit torrents I have come across. Heres the text.... ---------------------- Pink Floyd Earl's Court London, England 1994-10-12 "Shortest Show Ever" Just as Pink Floyd started the show a 1,200 seat section of stands colllapsed, sending people falling up to 20 feet. No serious injuries (although 8 people went to the hospital), the show was rescheduled to the 17th. A T-shirt was given to the people who were in the collapsed area. ---------------------- For some strange reason,I just gotta download this. Small file : 28.78 MB http://www.easytree.org/torrents-details.php?id=14314&filelist=1#filelist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 ...just a t-shirt? Who made that call? A t-shirt,a cd,a poster....just a t-shirt...sheesh that won't hold back the lawsuits. What song was going during the collapse?...morbid curiousity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted November 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Not sure,I haven't downloaded it yet,if there is any at all.That was my initial thought also,I have the same morbid curiousity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Personally, I would like to commend Pink Floyd's lawyers for managing to avoid countless personal injury claims for the price of some t-shirts! (As an evil lawyer myself, I am duly impressed. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted November 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Its a 5:53 audio. Not to much to it really,about 1:20 of Shine on you crazy diamond,then they band stops,you dont hear any crash or screams from the people injured.Then someone annouces that "there has been a small problem at the back of the hall and the band will restart the song from the beginning",to just hold on for 5 minutes or so.Then the next announcement states they are postponing the nights performace to assure that the other seats are stable." So it was a one minute twenty second show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Wouldn't it be more the venue's fault rather than the band's? I'm sure that a personal injury suit against Earls Court would stand a better chance to end in compensation than one against the band. Heck, I think that the band can even file a suit against the venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 I get the impression from my family that not only do folks in England not sue so much but that alot of the non-suers don't sue just to be the least like americans as possible. I too would have thought the venu liable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Well, I was kidding when I made my last post, and I don't want to hijack Esau's thread, but, since you asked, if I were commencing that action (although traditionally I'd be more likely to be defending) I would name the band as well as the venue as well as the maintenance company that looks after the structure that fell down (if an outside contractor) as well as the manufacturer of the structure that fell down...The point is you name everyone who may have been liable for erecting the structure, maintaining it, inspecting it, warning the crowd of the potential for injury, and anything else relevant you can find. You narrow down who the proper defendant is later. Ideally, from the Plaintiff's perspective, you generally hope that all or most of the defendants get together and decide among themselves who is the likely culprit, or decide who bears which percentages of liability, and each throw some money into a pot to buy off your clients. Otherwise, they start pointing fingers at each other and do most of the work for the plaintiffs by investigating each other; whether it makes it all the way to trial or settles before. Also, yes, Floyd might have an action against everyone else I named. The venue might have an action against everyone else (although probably not the band, as they probably didn't do anything apart from failing to warn the crowd). On top of all that, each defendant can name others that it thinks is responsible as "Third Parties", if the plaintiffs forget to name someone. For instance the welders who built the structure, or the manufacturer of the bolts in it, etc., depending on what may have caused the collapse. (Of course, practically speaking it would actually be the insurance companies for all the defendants and third parties dealing with it, but the defendants and third parties would be named personally to "trigger" that insurance.)Anyway, this is probably a boring topic to most people out there, so I think I'll stop rambling now...Also, my usual disclaimer, to cover my behind: The above is not legal advice. It is not intended to provide legal advice on any specific set of facts or at all. In the event you require legal advice on any particular set of facts you should consult a licensed lawyer in your own provincial or territorial jurisdiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 aha...nope not boring...somewhat interesting to this dimwit...I knew dam well when saying I thought it was the venue....that I don't really know much...and that the lawyer on board wouldn't resist clarifying the complicities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Also, my usual disclaimer, to cover my behind: Spoken like a true lawyer! :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Also, my usual disclaimer, to cover my behind: Spoken like a true lawyer! :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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