The Juneteenth Festival in Leimert Park celebrates freedom. The festival featured 300 Black-owned business, three main stages featuring various artists, two DJ stages, and one spoken-word stage. For most of the festival, the celebration remained positive – peaceful and, above all, cheerful. However, just minutes before the headliner was scheduled to go onstage, people began to panic and run away from the festival. Allegedly, they heard gun shots.
The police received multiple calls of a shooting near the intersection of Stocker Street and Leimert Boulevard; however, the police found no evidence of a shooting.
According to several reports, people heard and even smelled gunshots. People started running and yelling “gun,” causing even more people to start running. One festivalgoer said that people knocked over a vendor’s tent and someone said the word “gun” causing others to panic and start fleeing.
On social media, people who attended the festival made multiple complaints. These included complaints of the festival being too crowded, not having enough crowd control measures, and not having enough security. One person expressed their disappointment in the lack of police presence and said that there was only one visible cop during the whole event.
According to these social media posts, many people were injured trying to get away from the festival.
Unfortunately, panic at these events can quickly become disastrous. Crowd surges and stampedes have been associated with devastating injuries. In fact, some injuries can even be fatal. If you or a member of your family suffered at the Juneteenth Festival in Leimert Park, you could have the right to file a lawsuit. For more information about the legal options available to you, we recommend that you seek legal assistance as soon as possible.
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Some of the Injuries Resulting from Crowd Surging and Stampedes at Events
Crowd surging and stampede injuries include some of the following:
- Crushing injuries from being trampled or pushed against objects
- Respiratory injuries from the crowd being pushed together (causing people to pass out and fall, and potentially suffer further injuries)
- Fractures, dislocations, sprains and strains
- Lacerations, scrapes, and bruises
Any time that there is panic in a crowd and people start running, many different incidents can occur. People can slip, trip, be trampled, be crushed, fall into vendor stands, etc.
In addition to physical injuries, eventgoers could be left with mental and emotional harm, which can include post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, fear, panic disorder, etc.
If you or a loved one suffered any sort of harm in a crowd surge incident at the Juneteenth Festival in Leimert Park, it is important that you seek legal assistance with the experts here at our law firm as soon as possible. You could have the right to sue.
Can I Sue for Injuries Sustained at the Juneteenth Festival in Leimert Park?
Yes – you could have the right to sue. More specifically, you could have the right to sue the event organizer. The companies behind the festival include Leimert Park Juneteenth Festival, Still Rising Corporation, and Elevate Culture.
So, what determines your right to sue? Property owners, and event organizers, in this case, have a duty to keep their premises safe for their guests. When it comes to events, specifically, event organizers must ensure that they have adequate crowd control measures, including adequate security, adequate surveillance, and clear exits, for example. When there is panic and the event organizer cannot control the crowd resulting in harm, the event organizer could be liable.
For more information about establishing liability for the damages resulting from a crowd surge incident at a festival, contact the experts here at our law firm as soon as possible. Our lawyers are ready to guide you every step of the way.
What Should I Do?
After a crowd surge incident, many people do not realize that they are injured until they are in a safe place out of immediate danger. Consider the following suggestions:
- Seek medical attention as soon as possible
- Take photos of all visible injuries
- Take photos of any damage to personal property
- Report all injuries suffered
- Do not agree to any sort of remedy, including a refund for your entry ticket, etc.
- Gather all relevant medical records
- Gather all relevant records of lost income
- Gather all relevant records of property damage
- Seek legal assistance as soon as possible
If you are unsure of what you should do next, contact us as soon as possible. Our legal team is more than ready to guide you every step of the way and help you recover the payout that you are owed.
What Compensation Can I Recover?
Victims could be eligible to receive compensation for some of the following:
- Medical costs
- Lost income
- Pain and suffering
- Property damage
- Punitive damages
- Legal fees
Here at our law firm, our festival crowd surge injury lawyers are more than ready to fight for your rights and help you recover the highest recovery available for your claim. Whether we have to negotiate a settlement or take your claim to trial to get a verdict, you can trust that our team will get you the payout that you are owed.
Contact the Normandie Law Firm Today
Our lawyers are more than ready to provide you with the guidance that you need to fight for your rights and recover the settlement that you are owed for your injuries. The experts here at the Normandie Law Firm have decades of experience handling all sorts of injury claims, including claims stemming from incidents at festivals. To make the legal process as simple as possible for all, we offer free legal services. These include free consultations and free second opinions. During these free legal services, our festival crowd surge injury lawyers will be available to answer all your questions and address all your concerns – providing you with all the information that you need to begin or continue your lawsuit.
Our team is proud to offer a Zero-Fee guarantee, which ensures that our clients never have to worry about paying any upfront legal costs. In addition, our team works on a strict contingency structure; this means that our clients will never be required to pay anything unless their claims are successful. If you do not win, you will not be responsible for any legal fees.
If you are ready to speak with our festival injury lawyers, contact us today.
