Lawsuit: Woman Hurt By Nightclub DJ's Bad Crowd Surfing
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) -- A Pittsburgh woman is suing a nightclub where she says a disc jockey's failed attempt at crowd surfing fractured her pelvis.
The woman says in Wednesday's lawsuit that the DJ landed on her after jumping 6 to 10 feet from a stage at Static Nightclub last July.
"We have a fractured pelvis, also left hip and pelvis pain, back pain and difficulty with weight bearing," said attorney Andrew Stiffler.
The woman says she was standing near the stage when all of a sudden she's on the floor. She says the DJ, who weighed more than 200 pounds, tried to crowd surf, but there was no one to catch him.
"He just kind of jumped off the stage crowd surfing, but there wasn't much of a crowd to catch him," she said. "He hit me from the front, I was kind of crushed."
The woman is seeking damages in excess of $35,000 from the Strip District nightclub.
She says she could not go into work for two weeks and was on crutches for nearly two months.
Static Nightclub says it has not received the paperwork for the suit, so right now it has no comment.
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