Circus Acrobats Reach $52.5 Million Settlement in 2014 Fall
“There are safety standards and safety features that were supposed to be in place for every event,” a lawyer for the acrobats said.
Julissa Segrera, second from right, and Dayana Costa, right, at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston in 2014, were among the eight acrobats injured. Credit.Steven Senne/Associated Press
Dec. 21, 2020
When eight acrobats suspended high above the ground at a performance in Rhode Island suddenly came crashing down in May 2014, gasps and screams ripped through the crowd of spectators. In a YouTube video of the episode, one person can be heard asking, “Were they supposed to fall like that?”
“All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.’’ George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Anglo-Irish playwright and critic
“To me Newport could never be a place charming by reason of its own charm. That it is a very pleasant place when it is full of people, and the people are in spirits and happy, I do not doubt. But then the visitors would bring, as far as I am concerned, the pleasantness with them.’’ Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), English novelist and civil servant.
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State Blocks Release of Public Records
A GoLocal request for copies of the communications between the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) regarding the removal of contaminated soil a the 6/10 RI DOT project is being blocked by state attorneys.
GoLocal unveiled in September that contaminated material was dumped in an Olneyville neighborhood adjacent to homes and businesses and that material was spread throughout neighborhoods as part of the project a project that is costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
For months RIDOT, Director Peter Alviti denied the material was contaminated and has refused to answer repeated questions.