177 lawsuits filed two weeks after deadly Astroworld tragedy

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Nearly 200 lawsuits have been filed against Travis Scott, Live Nation and other defendants two weeks after the tragedy at Astroworld.Ten people died following the festival. Their autopsy results have not been made public.The family of Danish Baig, 27, said he was killed while saving his fiancee's life. They filed a lawsuit Friday."The last time (his fiancee) heard Danish's voice was him screaming her name out in terror while he was trying to get her out and save her life," the family's attorney, Michael Lyons, said. "That's something she will never forget."With so many lawsuits and counting, ABC13 legal analyst Steve Shellist said he does not anticipate this will go to a jury trial."Eventually, I foresee the insurance companies for the defendants will pay," Shellist explained. "They'll pay a lot more than they want to pay. The plaintiffs will end up taking much less than they are hoping to get. That's called a settlement. Both sides walk away a little bit unhappy. "There is a chance it will get consolidated into multidistrict litigation, according to Shellist. That will streamline the process and keep attorneys from each of the cases from requesting the same information from the same defendants."Like Travis Scott, is he really going to sit for 500 different depositions? No," Shellist said.The highest dollar amount listed in a lawsuit so far is $2 billion, followed by Houston attorney Tony Buzbee's at $750 million."How can you sue someone for a million, $5 million, $10 million? They don't have that money. This is exactly why people carry insurance policies," Shellist explainedShellist expects the civil lawsuits will take years to get resolved.

Kanwarb on November 20th, 2021 at 23:57 UTC »

He will have hard time keeping up with Kardashians now.

Chicano_Ducky on November 20th, 2021 at 21:19 UTC »

When keeping it real goes wrong

Imagine being a try hard to impress fans you got from fucking fortnite and getting sued over it

FF0000it on November 20th, 2021 at 21:11 UTC »

So just how does this kind of thing work out in real life when there are hundreds of concurrent lawsuits? Is the payout first come, first serve? Fastest to an actual trial wins the most money? Later lawsuits get nothing if all the insurance money and/or Travis Scott's estate is depleted?

I'd sure hope that the families of the 10 dead get the bulk of it. But I imagine those cases take longer? Will there even be any money left when the worst cases get to trial?