Posted on 02/24/2005 6:01:12 AM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
Owners of the Chicago's Little Lady tour boat are the latest to file a civil lawsuit against the Dave Matthews Band, claiming human waste from the rock band's tour bus was emptied from a downtown bridge into the Chicago River --right in the path of the watercraft.
Children, senior citizens, persons with disabilities and a pregnant woman were drenched by the "foul-smelling, brownish-yellow liquid" in the Aug. 8 incident, according to a suit filed by the vessel's owner Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court. Mercury Skyline Yacht Charters Inc. is seeking compensatory damages in excess of $50,000 and punitive damages in the amount of $5 million in four separate counts, allegations the illegal act of dumping the waste interfered with the vessel's business that day and beyond.
In a fifth count, the vessel's owners allege negligence, saying the band's unlawful conduct caused lost profits, among other problems, in an amount presently unknown but exceeding $50,000. The plaintiff seeks compensatory damages to be decided by the court.
Last month, the driver of the tour bus was charged with illegally dumping 800 pounds of raw sewage onto passengers of the boat. Stefan A. Wohl, 42, who was named in Wednesday's civil suit, was charged in January with misdemeanor counts of reckless conduct and discharging contaminants to cause water pollution. He faces up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $10,000
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What a shi*ty thing to do....
That's different. He usually rids himself of such waste in the form of music.
I always felt the Dave Matthews band was full of crap!
Black and tan, perhaps? Can't be good served at body temperature on a hot August day..
Looks like the s**t hit the fan
I knew the Rock for Change people are full of sh#t.
(I like their music, though. DM does a killer version of All Along the Watch Tower).
Finally we'll have a metric for dollars in damages owed per quart of raw feces dumped on ones head.
More liberal hyprocrisy. Clean up the environment but don't expect me to do it as well.
what about those poor slobs up in New England who had a jet, sh*t 'Blue Ice' and crush their car.....and none of the airlines are fessing up......
Which is worse: attending one of his concerts or being doused with his sewage?
I'm not sure... either requires a thorough bath and a day to get over the event.
"That thar's a space peanut!"
This bus driver either had some really bad luck or else it was done purposely.
What are the odds of driving across a bridge and letting your sewage loose right on top of a frickin tour boat.
Seems like he missed a few...
Taking a page out of their own playbook, I believe Dave Matthews is solely responsible for this incident. Something this horrific most certainly was done under direct orders that came straight from the top. For the good of the music industry (and the environment), he should step down from whatever it is that he does.
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