Tailgate Suit Settled

The family of a woman who died in a crash a mile from the venue alleged Kraft Group was willfully negligent and had a duty to monitor the parking lot and prevent underage drinking outside the 2008 concert.

The woman, Debra Davis, was 20 years old at the time.

Davis and some friends had reportedly been drinking at a tailgate party in the Gillette Stadium lot outside the New England Country Music Festival on July 26, 2008.

They left in a car with a driver who veered off a roadway about a mile from the stadium and hit a tree.

The driver and Davis died in the wreck.

None of the women in the vehicle had tickets to the festival that day.

Davis’ family wanted $2.5 million from Kraft Group, the Boston Globe reported.

Attorneys for the Kraft Group argued in court last year that the company couldn’t be held liable because the women had trespassed and illegally supplied their own alcohol.

The case was settled just as jury selection was scheduled to begin Nov. 4. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.