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Swamper
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Paul van Dyk awarded $12 million for near-fatal concert fall

I'm happy he seems to have mostly recovered from this - however with these kinds of injuries you never really know

https://theblast.com/dj-paul-van-dy...d-concert-fall/

DJ Paul van Dyk was awarded over $12 million from concert organizers over a 2016 near-death stage fall that left him with long-lasting brain injuries.

During a 2016 set in the Netherlands, Dyk performed at the “A State of Trance” festival where he horribly fell through the stage. He suffered substantial injuries, including a brain injury and damage to his spine.

He blamed event organizers ALDA Events B.V., who were behind the music festival and took them to arbitration demanding damages. The two had their case heard by the arbitrator in September 2018 and the DJ was awarded a $12,588,643.45 judgment for medical bills and past and future lost profits.

In the order, it stated that ALDA did not design the stage to be safe to stand on. They even admitted the front area was not safe but gave no warning to the DJ prior to his show. They allegedly never told him it was unsafe or verbally warned him, despite knowing he had a rowdy set.

The $12 million award included $2 million for future medical expenses, $1.2 million for lost profits (2016/2017) and $2.475 million for losses in the next 10 years.

They also awarded him an extra $5.5 million for other damages.

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Jan-21-2019 20:18 Canada

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Trance-M
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Limburg, Netherlands

Strange that I can't find anything about this (yet) in German or Dutch.

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Jan-21-2019 22:00 Netherlands

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Sykonee
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Wow, I'm surprised he won against the event organizers, considering he was the one that unexpectedly climbed up onto a stage clearly not equipped for standing on.

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Jan-21-2019 23:28 Canada

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Trance-M
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I got a strong feeling this is fake news.

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Jan-22-2019 11:38 Netherlands

hoopoe
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You're saying these Words are White Lies? Tell Me Why.

Jan-23-2019 01:09

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Trance-M
Since 1994 tranceaddict

Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Limburg, Netherlands

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Originally posted by hoopoe
You're saying these Words are White Lies? Tell Me Why.

1. Still not a single word on Dutch or German media.
2. Wrong currency, Euro's should be mentioned.
3. This is Europe, not the U.S., the amounts mentioned, I don't think this is common over here:"future medical expenses and losses in the next 10 years."
4. Looks like it all came from a single source, The Blast, doesn't feel very reliable.

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Jan-23-2019 20:16 Netherlands

Ted Promo
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Registered: Jun 2005
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You just refuse to acknowledge lame jokes, don’t you, trance-m?

Jan-23-2019 23:05

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Trance-M
Since 1994 tranceaddict

Registered: Oct 2005
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You just refuse to acknowledge lame jokes, don’t you, trance-m?

Yeah, I thought nobody would notice.

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Jan-24-2019 06:56 Netherlands

Cyberio
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Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Madrid , Spain

In addition to what Trance-M said, some of the latest episodes of ASOT included Paul van Dyk new releases and a decent promotion of his last album. I don't think Armin would still play his tunes like nothing happened, or keep doing festivals with those ALDA guys.

Jan-24-2019 22:38 Spain

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Trance-M
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Limburg, Netherlands

Paul doesn't blame Armin for what happened, just Alda Events, so that explains it.

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Jan-25-2019 07:02 Netherlands

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