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F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix hit with class action lawsuit

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F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix hit with class action lawsuit - Feddit UK

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.

Nov 18, 2023 at 9:53pmWeb
Show threadRobNov 18, 2023
Well that was quick
Show threadsignorNov 18, 2023
Good luck, pretty sure the rained out spa attendees haven’t gotten a refund for that shitshow.
Show threadJJROKCZNov 18, 2023
Believe many were offered tickets to the following years race either free or discounted heavily. Might be mistaken tho
Show threadXavNov 18, 2023
@JJROKCZ I think about half have never received refunds nor discounted tickets
Show threadJJROKCZNov 19, 2023
Oof that’s embarrassing then, they need to get that sorted immediately
Show threadMicrowNov 18, 2023
That was a different jurisdiction and different corcumstances, so not Sure that sets a precedenr
Show threadTvkanNov 19, 2023
Also bad weather is pretty much the definition of an act of God. Not properly securing the track surface isn’t.
Show threadNo_Ones_Slick_Like_GastonNov 18, 2023
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.
Show threadJJROKCZNov 18, 2023

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

Show threadflorgeNov 18, 2023
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.
Show threadBernie EcclestonedNov 18, 2023
The amount of drugs needed to stay up until 6am
Show threadJCPhoenixNov 19, 2023

Bernie, you're using the wrong drugs.

Or just wake up at 6am and then get ecclestoned.

Show threadJJROKCZNov 19, 2023
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
Show threadHoomodNov 19, 2023

I’d take a 6am race over a 1am race

They could’ve had the race at like 7pm local time and it would still be a night race

Show threadMicrowNov 18, 2023
It’s at 7am in central europe. A far shot from the Suzuka race which is earlier.
Show threadDV8Nov 18, 2023

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.

Show threadmr47Nov 19, 2023
You contradict yourself. You are saying it's for ME and Asia audiences because of the timeslot, and right after that state that US viewers (for whom the timeslot is comfortable) will ignore it due to lack of interest. So what are the European, ME, and Asian viewers are interested in?
Show threadevanuggetpiNov 19, 2023

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.

Show thread4amNov 19, 2023

The track is built on public roads and it opens at 4am for commuters and services that need it.

Also the Las Vegas strip is open most of the day IIRC.

Basically the early morning hours are about the only time they could have held it

Show threadevanuggetpiNov 20, 2023
Username checks out
Show threadMadMonkeyNov 19, 2023
This is a good race for us in Aussie and NZ!
Show threadXavNov 18, 2023
@florge Tbh Imm happy that this is happening and F1 isnt getting away with fucking over the fans
Show threadHal-5700XNov 18, 2023
Who didn’t see this coming? You can see this coming from a mile away.
Show threaddanielfgomNov 20, 2023

Yup. To be fair they should have refunded them on the spot. Because then Liberty Media could easily stand up to them in court and would not have to reimburse traveling costs.

But as it stands, they will lose most likely, and end up paying far more.

Show threadcosmicrookieNov 18, 2023

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.

Show threadtdotNov 18, 2023
  • How is being kicked out of an event you paid for because of the event providers’ own incompetence in any war analogous to self inflicted idiocy like putting a pet in the microwave? 2. Look up the scaling hot coffee lawsuit. The individual suffered serious burns. It’s not the joke it has been reduced to.
    • Show threadfrankNov 18, 2023
    And she only wanted enough money to cover medical bills! Poor woman
    Show thread4amNov 19, 2023

    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. 👍

    Show threadMicrowNov 18, 2023
    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.
    Show threadAarrodriNov 18, 2023
    You sound stupid.
    Show threadImpossibilityBoxNov 19, 2023
    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?
    Show threadvladmechNov 19, 2023
    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.
    Show threadJeeBaiChowNov 19, 2023
    Oh yeah. This is America all right!
    Show threadJeeBaiChowNov 19, 2023
    Welcome to America, bitches!
    Show threadRichardNov 19, 2023

    I am curious, how many fans were still there at 1:30? At one point the tv presenting showed people being asked to leave and there wasn’t a stack of people left several hours after p1 was cancelled. Made me wonder whether if they were incapable of keeping all stadiums staffed, could they have funnelled the remaining people, if not too many, to the main grandstand (or say two) and closed all the others.

    I do feel for the people but, especially those that may have only had tickets to day 1. Even those with 3 days missed out, wasted a day off work, etc, as a result.

    It happens though…Spa 2021 being another similar situation where the crowd wasn’t necessarily ejected, but they didn’t see what they’d come for either.