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.
Who didn’t see this coming? You can see this coming from a mile away.
Good luck, pretty sure the rained out spa attendees haven’t gotten a refund for that shitshow.
That was a different jurisdiction and different corcumstances, so not Sure that sets a precedenr
Also bad weather is pretty much the definition of an act of God. Not properly securing the track surface isn’t.
Believe many were offered tickets to the following years race either free or discounted heavily. Might be mistaken tho
@JJROKCZ I think about half have never received refunds nor discounted tickets
Oof that’s embarrassing then, they need to get that sorted immediately
Well that was quick
I hear the phrase “class action lawsuit” mentioned on the internet all the time, does it actually mean anything at this early point or is it just some chancers trying their luck? Basically is there any point in paying this story any attention unless it goes to court?
It is just the concept of the proceeding and one of the things, where i consider the US justice system to be better than many European systems. It is a “class action”, because there is many people, where both the claim and the conditions are the same. So it makes sense to make one suit for everyone instead of an individual suit every time, as the decision should be the same among all suits.
It does not mean, that it is more severe or not. If there wouldn’t be class action, imagine the headline “35.000 civil suits opened against F1 Las Vegas Grand prix.”
Thanks! I am aware of the concept and it does seem like a useful tool, but my point was more: is the opening of the lawsuit actually news, or do they usually go nowhere? Or in other words should we wait until it actually gets to court before reporting on it?
This race is absolutely crafted for Asia and Middle East audiences. No one in Europe will wake up on a Sunday at u am for this race if you have a dvr or replay service from your provider.
People In the US can literally ignore this as there’s zero drama on who will win the season nor a glimpse of non dominance.
Meh even the circuit looks like an upside down pig.I really get tired of Europeans whining about a handful of morning (not even that early) races when vast portions of the world have to deal with the inconvenient times of the European races.
Suck it up, if you don’t want to wake up then don’t. I wake up for 6am races most of the calendar
I really don’t get whats so bad about a 6AM race, if I did watch the races live I’d actually be more likely to be able to watch one at 6AM rather than in the middle of the day.
The amount of drugs needed to stay up until 6am
Bernie, you’re using the wrong drugs.
Or just wake up at 6am and then get ecclestoned.
Go to sleep early, wake up at 6 with a coffee and breakfast. When I wake up early for races 18+ times a year that’s what I do. Then when the race is done get on with the Sunday cleaning like normal sundays
It’s at 7am in central europe. A far shot from the Suzuka race which is earlier.
Everyone complaining about the start time, here in NZ it’s actually one of the very few races I can watch live. 7pm Sunday evening? Why yes, thank you.
Still, it’s bizarre for practice sessions to be held in the middle of the night local time.
Middle aged people tend to get up at 6-7 in the weekend too. At least me and friends do.
The timeslots for this weekend is definitely ok for me. I like watching F1 in the morning and have the rest of the day free.
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.
- 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.
And she only wanted enough money to cover medical bills! That poor woman becoming the butt of so many jokes over it
You sound stupid.
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.
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.
