LN Seeks Dismissal Over Stage Collapse Suit

Live Nation and engineer Domenic Cugliari are trying to get the suit regarding a 2012 stage collapse in Toronto that killed a drum tech and injured three other workers dismissed because of unreasonable delays. 

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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a collapsed stage at Downsview Park in Toronto.

The accident occurred at a Radiohead concert at Downsview Park June 16, 2012, and killed Scott Johnson of England. 

“We’ll have reached the point where any complexity (in the case) cannot possibly justify the delay,” Live Nation lawyer Jack Siegel was quoted as saying by the CBC.

Charges were filed against LN Canada, LN Ontario, Cugliari and Optex Staging by Canada’s Ministry of Labor in 2013 but the case was ruled a mistrial in June of this year after the responsible judge Shaun Nakatsuru was appointed to the Ontario Supreme Court. 

If the trial isn’t dismissed because of unreasonable delay, it will begin Sept. 5 and is expected to run until May 2018. 

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