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(BEDFORD) – Morgan & Morgan law firm has sued Adam Batton against Ninjas in Action, Inc. and Lawrence County Recreational Park, Inc. for alleged negligence that resulted in Batton's injury at the 20th annual meeting of the Juggalos.
The festival is an annual gathering for fans of the Insane Clown Posse music group and other groups of the Psychopathic Record label.
"We claim that the serious injuries of our customers who changed their lives were preventable, predictable and resulted from an irresponsible culture that has been perpetuated during this event over the past twenty years. ", says Brandon Smith, Batton's lawyer.
The 20th Annual Juggalos Rally was a major music festival and an annual "gathering" of fans of the Insane Clown Posse music group and other groups of etiquette Psychopathic Records. The festival was held at the Lawrence County Leisure Park in Springville from July 31 to August 4.
According to court documents filed Wednesday at Lawrence County Court, the Juggalos rally was announced by
Ninjas in Action on its website juggalogathering.com, described as "the craziest show on earth" and "controlled chaos".
Many websites, reports, videos and documentaries document the history of Juggalo culture and the annual gathering. It is well known that drugs and alcohol are consumed during these annual "gatherings", and this occurred at the 20th annual ceremony.
Defendant Ninjas in Action posted on its website the "rules" of the rally, including: "NO GOLF CART, FOUR WHEELS OR MOTOR VEHICLES".
Smith says that despite these rules, many golf carts were present and allowed at the rally.
His client, Adam Batton, was not a fan of "Juggalo" but had agreed to attend the event to shoot a video for a documentary on which he was working.
Batton arrived on July 31, bought the admission and intended to stay for the duration of the festival.
Batton wanted to use a small motorized bike at the festival but did not follow the posted rules.
But after seeing so many golf carts and motorized vehicles at the festival, Batton thought that they were allowed. On Friday, August 2nd, he went to Walmart and bought a small motorized bike to use at the festival.
Then on August 3, between approximately 12:30 pm and 1:00 pm, Batton was cycling between the Bizarro World tent and the Drainer Rd.
Pavillion "when he noticed a golf cart without a headlamp coming down the hill erratically towards him at a high speed.
Batton s parked on the other side of the road, stopped his bike and stopped.
Seconds later, the cart driver, Alexander "Less Legs" Perkins, lost control of the cart, crossed the center of the track and
he crashed into Batton who stood by the side of the road.
According to court documents, because of his physical disability, Perkins was running peddling golf carts with a baseball bat.
Smith alleges that Perkins was in a state of drunkenness, drugs or both when the accident occurred. Smith also says that his client does not drink and do not take drugs and was not under the influence.
Smith states that Ninjas in Action knew or ought to have known that festival-goers were blatantly violating the non-golf cart rule, including driving them at night, intoxicated, with inadequate lighting, and at night. dangerous speed.
Despite this knowledge, they did nothing to stop or enforce the rules.
As a direct result, his client suffered serious and permanent bodily injury, past and future medical bills, future expenses and suffering, inconvenience, disfigurement, loss of income and permanent impairment of his earning capacity.
Smith states that the owner of the Lawrence County Leisure Park was aware of the unruly nature and history of the Juggalos gatherings before allowing them to rent the park.
The owners also knew that festivalgoers were flagrantly breaking the rules of the festival and were doing nothing to stop it.
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