By Bruce Haring
Judge dismisses lawsuit over Universal Music Group vault fire
07.04.2020 - 04:19 / breakingnews.ie
A judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) originally brought by several artists and estates over a 2008 vault fire.
Bands Soundgarden and Hole, singer-songwriter Steve Earle and the estates of Tom Petty and Tupac Shakur filed a lawsuit demanding damages in excess of 100 million US dollars, about £82 million.
It had been alleged “priceless” recordings were destroyed in the Hollywood blaze, first reported by the New York Times.
Artists alleged UMG was in
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