Astroworld lawsuits formally combined into single giant case

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The hundreds of lawsuits filed against Travis Scott and Live Nation over the deadly Astroworld music festival are moving forward as one enormous case, after a Texas court panel formally approved the consolidation maneuver last week.

3 months after a crowd surge during Travis Scott’s show left 10 dead and hundreds injured, the Texas Judicial Panel On Multidistrict Litigation granted joint motion from both victims and organizers to combine the sprawling litigation before a single judge for all pre-trial proceedings.

The large new case will absorb at least 387 separate lawsuits that seek to represent nearly 2,800 alleged victims. Those lawsuits claim that festival promoter Live Nation, Scott himself and other organizers were legally negligent in how they planned and conducted Astroworld, and they’re seeking billions in total damages.

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