ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis live music hub and bar faces civil charges from a woman who says the business is responsible for a bar fight she got in after the St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup, according to documents filed earlier this year.
Plaintiff Kori Younger, of St. Louis, visited the live music venue on June 12, 2019, after the Blues' victory. Defendant Tin Roof St. Louis was hosting a party that "encouraged heavy alcohol consumption" for its patrons, the suit says.
Younger says she was text messaged by a friend who needed help separating from a different intoxicated guest. When Younger tried to help remove the friend from the guest, Caroline Nishimura, the inebriated woman became agitated and starting pushing the plaintiff's friends, initiating an altercation between many people in the bar, the suit says.
The entire group, including Younger and Nishiruma, were removed from the bar through the same exit door; the plaintiff complains that Tin Roof staff could have removed the conflicting parties through different exits to avoid further confrontation.
The plaintiff further alleges that Tin Roof employees "stood idly by watching" as Nishiruma grabbed her from behind by the hair and did nothing to intervene when a crowd gathered to cheer the confrontation on.
Younger also says that Nishiruma hit her over the head with the free mug that Tin Roof provided to consumers at the bar that night, allegedly cracking her skull and causing a traumatic brain injury and partial blindness.
The plaintiff requests at least $50,000 from Tin Roof in restitution. She is represented by Dale Funk and Associates LLC of St. Louis.
The defendant removed the case to federal court on March 5.