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F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix hit with class action lawsuit (www.reviewjournal.com)

submitted 11 months ago by florge@feddit.uk to c/formula1@lemmy.world

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A class action lawsuit has been filed against the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix in relation to fans being forced to leave Thursday’s practice session after an hourslong delay.

Dimopoulos Law Firm and co-counsel JK Legal & Consulting filed the suit Friday in Nevada District Court on behalf of 35,000 fans who purchased tickets to Thursday’s practice run, the legal firms announced Saturday.

Just nine minutes after Thursday’s’s practice session began, a water valve cover came loose and damaged multiple F1 drivers’ vehicles. That led to a 2 ½ hour delay, with a 90-minute second practice session beginning at 2:30 a.m. Friday.

Fans were forced by police and security officers to leave at 1:30 a.m. Friday and weren’t able to watch the session.

The defendants named in the lawsuit are Liberty Media Corporation, doing business as Formula One Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix and TAB Contractors, Inc. The lawsuit alleges breach of contract, negligence and deceptive trade practices against the defendants.

“We will vindicate the rights of the fans that traveled great distances and paid small fortunes to attend, but were deprived of the experience,” Dimopoulos Law Firm owner and lead attorney Steve Dimopoulos said in a statement.

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[+] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world -39 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Sorry, but this is a standing joke about the US in more or less any other country. That they'll sue for just about anything. It's always the classics like cooking your cat in the microwave or spilling hot coffee on your lap, but this one should be added to the list..

I'd be surprised if F1 haven't included stuff like this in their terms, especially after the rain race at SPA a few years back.

[–] tdot@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

How is being kicked out of an event you paid for because of the event providers’ own incompetence in any way analogous to self inflicted idiocy like putting a pet in the microwave? 2. Look up the scalding hot coffee lawsuit. The individual suffered serious burns. It’s not the joke it has been reduced to.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And she only wanted enough money to cover medical bills! That poor woman becoming the butt of so many jokes over it

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Look how stupid Americans are, they won’t take responsibility for anything!

Called out for regurgitating McDonald’s propaganda since the fucking 90s; never takes responsibility

ok buddy EU, you guys are definitely the model of humanity. 👍

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago

The coffee one is actually a legitimate thing that happened where a store served a boiling coffee that was way too hot and the customer suffered burns, so of course she sued.

[–] Aarrodri@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

You sound stupid.

[–] vladmech@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

The coffee that was served so hot that McD was warned and fined multiple times prior and that, when spilled, melted and fused the woman’s vulva together? Man I can’t imagine why they would have been sued over that.

[–] ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

The coffee incident left the woman with horrendous 3rd degree burns that required hospitalization because the coffee was served way hotter than it is ever supposed to be. The photos are harrowing. What part of that makes it a dumb or unreasonable thing to sue over?