(WWJ) – The families of three young men who died of carbon monoxide poisoning at the Faster Horses music festival in Michigan last summer have filed a lawsuit alleging overcrowding and unsafe conditions led to their deaths.
Kole Sova, Richie Mays Jr. and Dawson Brown – high school football teammates at Michigan Center – were found dead on July 17 at the campground while attending the country music festival.
Now their families are suing Live Nation Worldwide Inc. – the promotor of the event – and Michigan International Speedway – the host – according to a report from MLive.
The families allege the campground was overcrowded, unsafe, improperly monitored and inspected. The lawsuit says Live Nation and MIS were negligent in “causing and requiring recreational vehicles to use campsites in ‘very close proximity’ and against Michigan campground regulations,” according to the report.
The lawsuit, apparently filed in April in Lenawee County Circuit Court, says MIS, which owns the land where festival goers camp, didn’t monitor or supervise campsites, which led to campers using generators unsafely.
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Sova, Mays and Brown were staying in a travel trailer at the campground and their official cause of death was said to be carbon monoxide poisoning from inhaling or exposure to exhaust fumes from a portable generator. Their deaths were ruled to be accidental.
Two other people who were hospitalized by CO poisoning are reportedly part of the lawsuit as well, according to MLive.
A hearing is scheduled for August, according to MLive. Live Nation has denied allegations in the lawsuit, while MIS has not yet responded.
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