Man Launches $13M-Lawsuit For Injury At Bon Jovi Concert

22 November 2007
Man Launches $13M-Lawsuit For Injury At Bon Jovi Concert

An Edmonton man has launched a $13-million lawsuit after a fellow spectator at a Bon Jovi concert in July fell on him and left him a quadriplegic.

Dennis Rainer Schulz was injured when a man fell on him after being pushed during a fight two rows away. The impact dislocated Schulz's spinal cord.

He and his common-law wife, Hailey Brinn Hartman, who was seated beside him, are suing multiple plaintiffs for $13,550,000, plus legal costs. The couple is claiming loss of earning capacity, medical costs, general pain and suffering and loss of housekeeping capacity.

The province of Alberta is also suing to cover health-care services provided to Schulz.

Four people involved in the altercation behind Schulz are named in the suit: Bradley Patrick McCorry, Darryl James Allan, Alisa Marie Rabideau and Kendra L. Stasyk. All are from the Edmonton area.

The suit claims there was excessive drinking among the four and that Rabideau and Stasyk encouraged McCorry and Allan to fight.

McCorry shoved Allan, who then toppled onto Schulz, the suit claims.

Panhandle Productions is named for allegedly providing inadequate lighting and for the heightened noise levels that affected safety inside Rexall Place. Schulz also accuses them of not providing adequate security.

Also named are Edmonton Northlands and an unidentified female employee for failing to call security officers or the police to the altercation, and for not notifying medics quickly enough.

Dominion Sports Service is named for allegedly over-serving alcohol to McCorry, Rabideau, Allan and Stasyk.

Crosstown Motors, who employed McCorry and Rabideau and provided them with tickets and drinks, is named.

So is Police Chief Mike Boyd, whose officers were contracted to provide security at the concert. Schulz claims the EPS had insufficient resources to ensure the safety of spectators.

A statement of claim contains allegations that have not been proven in court.

Source: Canadian News

Well, that certainly sucks for him.
There was a story like this at a Met game here in NY last year.
Anyway, this adds to my feeling that people should be allowed NO MORE THAN ONE BEER at events like this.
However, I know it's easy for a straight edge guy like me to say that.

**** the bastard.
I was planning to get injured during the next Amsterdam gig and sew them.....

With this ridiculous lawsuit(s). Sure the guy is unlucky, its horrible for him. Its not like it went on purpose, how can you sew someone for 13m?
He should have had a proper insurance regarding the cash.

I heard that a man in America was sueing his dry cleaner for losing a few pairs of his trousers, for somewhere in the region of $65 million - and this guy was a judge.

LMFAO, yeah that's what I mean - its ridicilous. Didn't MacDonalds lost a lawsuit over 200 million $ because of hot coffee felt on someone (who did that himself) but no warning on the cup that it was hot.

For that kinda money I would seriously think about injuring myself or something else if there would be any chance to win that for any big company.

No, that was actually a fair one - basically McDonalds used to serve coffee hot, not just boiling bu stupidly hot. The idea was that it'd still be hot if you ordered it to go, and wanted to drink it a little while later. It was a woman who had it, and she spilled some and received 3rd degree burns I think. She only tried to sue them to cover her medical bills, incurred due to the accident, but the courts found very much in her favour and awarded her a fair bit more than she'd asked for I think.

It'll be interesting to see how this gets played out. It was a rock concert, after all.

hahahahah! Don't ever ever ever leave America and come to Europe whatever you do.. Imagine what might happen to you at a concert in Europe where you can drink beer and...wait for it....STAND UP!

Unlucky for the man of course, but er someone fell on him and paralysed him?! Must have been one fat bastard :S

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Good luck proving that.

it's a very tragic accident...but it is an accident.

umm it's a rock concert, they are dark and noisy....

uite ridiculous. Sorry for that fella, his life is a bit shagged now, but you can't go suing everyone who was in a mile radius! Fair enough; go for the knobs that were fighting, but otherwise...