Board rules Astroworld lawsuits to be handled by one judge

Members of the House Oversight Committee said Wednesday that the panel is launching an investigation into what went wrong during the Astroworld concert in Houston last month, where 10 people died and hundreds were hurt amid a crush near the stage.

Congress is launching a probe into Live Nation and its handling of the Astroworld Festival in Houston last month, which ended up with at least 10 people dead and more than 300 injured following a deadly crowd surge.The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, asking for information regarding the tragedy and the safety measures that were put in place. The letter was signed by Rep.

the tragic crowd crush that left 10 punters dead at last month’s Astroworld festival in Houston.The Washington Post reports that the probe was initiated on Wednesday (December 22) by a four-person ensemble that includes Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B.

The corner has finally revealed more details about the deaths of 10 Astroworld Festival victims.

Harris County officials have formally revealed a shared cause of death among the 10 victims of Travis Scott’s Astroworld concert. According to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences medical examiner’s report, each victim’s cause of death was listed as “compression asphyxia.”

The tragedy that took place last month at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld festival resulted in the deaths of 10 individuals, and now, the Harris County Medical Examiner’s office has confirmed the causes of death in each of those victims.

Travis Scott’s Astroworld concert died from compression asphyxia, according to a report from the medical examiner.One victim is cited as having a contributory cause of “combined toxic effects of cocaine, methamphetamine and ethanol,” but the primarily cause for all of the victims was essentially being suffocated by external pressure — technically defined as “respiration prevented by external pressure on the body.” The report was issued Thursday by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences

The ten victims who died at Travis Scott's Astroworld died from compression asphyxia, according to the Houston medical examiner's office. All ten victims' cause of death was listed as "compression asphyxia," according to documents from the office obtained by Fox News Digital.

Travis Scott, whose Astroworld Festival in Houston last month resulted in the deaths of 10 audience members in a crowd crush, says he was unaware of the dangerous situation as he performed on stage, and that he relied on “the professionals” for concert safety.

Travis Scott is finally speaking out at length about the awful Astroworld Festival Tragedy that occurred just over a month ago in Houston.

Travis Scott is speaking out following the Astroworld tragedy. In a nearly hour-long interview published on Thursday, the 30-year-old rapper denied knowing that people were in distress amid his set at the Houston music festival.

ended in the deaths of 10 people — including the youngest victim, 9-year-old Ezra Blount — Scott claims he didn’t hear his Houston audience’s screams for help as the victims fell into peril.  “I just didn’t hear that,” 30-year-old Scott said Thursday during a tête-à-tête with Charlamagne Tha God on “The Breakfast Club.”When Charlamagne, 43, asked him if he did everything he could, an emotional Scott struggled to find words, saying, “Everything I physically [could], sure, yes.

Texas-based lawyer Brent Coon has announced that he has filed litigation on behalf of more than 1500 Astroworld attendees, more than doubling the number of people who are now pursuing legal action against the organisers of Travis Scott’s festival. As an opening gambit, Coon is demanding $10 billion in damages.Ten people died and hundreds more were injured when a crowd surge occurred during Scott’s headline set at the Houston festival on 5 Nov.

last month’s Astroworld tragedies have risen drastically this week, with a single Houston-based attorney filing a total of 1,547 new cases.The move came just hours after attorneys on both sides agreed to consolidate the 275 cases that were active as of last Sunday (December 5) into one expansive case. The new filings were announced on Monday (December 6), and were made by the titular founder of Brent Coon & Associates.

Travis Scott and Live Nation have begun formally responding to the stack of lawsuits that have been filed against them in relation to last month’s Astroworld tragedy. The promoter has denied the allegations made against it, while Scott is seeking to have himself removed from the litigation.Ten people died and hundreds more were injured when a crowd surge occurred during Scott’s headline set at the Houston festival he founded.

Travis Scott has filed requests to be dismissed from multiple lawsuits levelled against him in the wake of the Astroworld festival tragedy.The rapper has been named in most of the nearly 300 suits filed in Harris County after 10 people died and hundreds more were injured last month when crowds rushed to the stage toward the start of Scott’s headline set.Rolling Stone reports that a representative for Scott said the rapper “is not legally liable” for the tragedy.

With the number of lawsuits filed in relation to last month’s Astroworld tragedy now topping 275 – involving more than 1250 plaintiffs and with filings in district courts across the Houston area – a motion was filed last week to consolidate and coordinate the pre-trial proceedings in all of the many cases.Ten people died and hundreds more were injured when a crowd surge occurred during Travis Scott’s headline set at the Houston festival he founded.

in legal documents as a “judicial panel on multi-district litigation (MDL)”. It comes as lawsuits were filed in all 24 of Harris County’s district courts, with more filings expected to be made in the coming months.“This type of litigation is exactly what the Texas MDL process is designed to address,” the petition reads.