On August 14 of last year, the Weeknd's massive After Hours Til Dawn Tour brought him to Arlington, TX's AT&T Stadium. Now, a stagehand has sued Live Nation Entertainment after allegedly having his leg run over by a forklift during preparations for the show.
According to a complaint filed on Monday in Dallas County District Court, Steve Genovese was working on August 9, 2022, for a company contracted by Live Nation to construct the stage for the Weeknd's AT&T show when the accident occurred. "While marking the floor for the stage dimensions, [Genovese] was run over by a forklift which was being operated by another worker on site," the complaint reads. "As a result, [he] suffered severe, excruciatingly painful and permanently disabling injuries to his leg. The flesh and muscle were torn away from [his] leg and were detached from the bones."
The lawsuit names several other defendants along with Live Nation, including the concert promoter C3 Presents, David Weise & Associates (a business management firm that has worked with the Weeknd), and Cowboys Stadium L.P., which operates the AT&T Stadium complex. The Weeknd is not involved in the case on either side.
The complaint alleges five counts of civil liability, including negligence, negligent hiring, and gross negligence. "Defendants had the knowledge, ability, and duty to prevent the severe and life-altering injuries inflicted on [Genovese]," the complaint states. "Instead, [they] placed more value on their own financial gain than on the safety of the workers who helped put on the Weeknd concert."
The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn Tour features a sprawling apocalyptic 3D cityscape backdrop, with a set that includes a large stage on one end of the stadium floor, a long runway with a circular stage at the centre, and a smaller diamond-shaped stage at the other end of the floor — it obviously takes many people and dozens of moving parts to make it happen.
Specifically, the complaint claims that Live Nation and its subcontractors "failed and refused to provide qualified forklift drivers and adequate staff as agreed in their respective contracts." The complaint alleges that the forklift driver was operating the forklift because Live Nation and the other defendants "gave the 'go-ahead' to commence work without the necessary number of stagehands, staff, forklifts, forklift operators and EMS [emergency medical services] personnel being present."
According to Genovese's complaint, his "medical care and transport to the hospital [were] significantly delayed — further exacerbating his severe and life-altering injuries," due to an alleged lack of an ambulance or EMS personnel. The complaint continues: "[Genovese] spent more than a month in the hospital where he underwent numerous surgeries to save his leg, which is now horrifically and permanently disfigured and impaired."
According to a complaint filed on Monday in Dallas County District Court, Steve Genovese was working on August 9, 2022, for a company contracted by Live Nation to construct the stage for the Weeknd's AT&T show when the accident occurred. "While marking the floor for the stage dimensions, [Genovese] was run over by a forklift which was being operated by another worker on site," the complaint reads. "As a result, [he] suffered severe, excruciatingly painful and permanently disabling injuries to his leg. The flesh and muscle were torn away from [his] leg and were detached from the bones."
The lawsuit names several other defendants along with Live Nation, including the concert promoter C3 Presents, David Weise & Associates (a business management firm that has worked with the Weeknd), and Cowboys Stadium L.P., which operates the AT&T Stadium complex. The Weeknd is not involved in the case on either side.
The complaint alleges five counts of civil liability, including negligence, negligent hiring, and gross negligence. "Defendants had the knowledge, ability, and duty to prevent the severe and life-altering injuries inflicted on [Genovese]," the complaint states. "Instead, [they] placed more value on their own financial gain than on the safety of the workers who helped put on the Weeknd concert."
The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn Tour features a sprawling apocalyptic 3D cityscape backdrop, with a set that includes a large stage on one end of the stadium floor, a long runway with a circular stage at the centre, and a smaller diamond-shaped stage at the other end of the floor — it obviously takes many people and dozens of moving parts to make it happen.
Specifically, the complaint claims that Live Nation and its subcontractors "failed and refused to provide qualified forklift drivers and adequate staff as agreed in their respective contracts." The complaint alleges that the forklift driver was operating the forklift because Live Nation and the other defendants "gave the 'go-ahead' to commence work without the necessary number of stagehands, staff, forklifts, forklift operators and EMS [emergency medical services] personnel being present."
According to Genovese's complaint, his "medical care and transport to the hospital [were] significantly delayed — further exacerbating his severe and life-altering injuries," due to an alleged lack of an ambulance or EMS personnel. The complaint continues: "[Genovese] spent more than a month in the hospital where he underwent numerous surgeries to save his leg, which is now horrifically and permanently disfigured and impaired."
