First, if you go to a Seether concert you get what you deserve. Second The Starland Ballroom has a pretty name for a rock club and its owner AEG are doing a bit of a victory dance after the court threw out (for the second time) a ridiculous suit from a disgruntled fan looking for a buck. “Help I’ve fallen and I cant get up!”
According to the Star Ledger Mark D’Alessio claims that the club did not protect his safety and encouraged pushing and bullying by selling alcohol to “active, rowdy males”. This is a Seether show- how rowdy could it get? Drunk I can understand though.
D’Alessio stated “Two guys picked me up, one on each side with – under my arms they picked me up. And as people were still pushing, a big guy landed on the back of my legs. And I fell down knees first. Heard the pop,”
Of course he underwent surgery and therapy and now wants some dough. When you go to a show you have to put on your big boy pants and understand there are risks, just like walking out of the house and I am so glad this got thrown out. I have seen kids lose a mouthful of teeth at a show and not bitch about lack of babysitting. Buy a concert on DVD if you want to be safe.
“AEG took reasonable precautions to enforce its policy against unsafe crowd behavior by employing Strike Force,” the appeals court said. “Additionally, Seether had performed at Starland Ballroom in the past without incident; the accident occurred within a matter of seconds; and plaintiff concedes he ‘felt safe the whole time until [he] got hurt.’”