Lawsuits filed.
https://www.statesman.com/news/article/camp-mystic-wrongful-death-texas-kerr-flood-july-4-21151789.php?utm_source=reddit
Families of flooding victims sue Camp Mystic, owners for wrongful death of 8 campers, 2 counselors
The $1 million-plus lawsuits claim Camp Mystic didn't adequately warn parents of the flooding dangers on the property and that its emergency preparedness plan was subpar.
The families of six campers and two counselors who died in the July floods at Camp Mystic in Hunt, west of Kerrville, filed two separate lawsuits suing the the camp and members of the family who own it for negligence and wrongful death.
The lawsuits, filed Monday in Travis County, allege that camp management knew of the flooding dangers and neglected to inform parents of those risks, claiming the deaths of 25 campers and two counselors were preventable.
"There is no greater trust than when a parent entrusts the care of their child to another," the petition on behalf of the family of 8-year-old Lulu Peck states. "Camp Mystic and the people who ran it betrayed that trust. Camp Mystic’s shocking betrayal of that trust caused the horrific, tragic and needless deaths of twenty-seven innocent young girls, including Eloise 'Lulu' Peck. This case seeks accountability for that betrayal and to send a message to other camps – protect the kids in your care."
The Peck lawsuit names camp owners Dick and Tweety Eastland, Camp Mystic, Mystic Camps Family Partnership, Mystic Camps Management and Natural Fountains Properties as defendants. Britt Eastland, Dick Eastland's son, is named in the lawsuit as the Eastland family's representative; the elder Eastland died in the flooding. The multifamily lawsuit names the same defendants, with the addition of Eastland's other son, Edward, and his wife Mary Liz.
The multifamily lawsuit comes from the families of Anna Margaret Bellows, Lila Bonner, Chloe Childress, Molly DeWitt, Katherine Ferruzzo, Lainey Landry and Blakely McCrory, who died at Camp Mystic. Childress and Ferruzzo were counselors, while the others were campers.
"Today, campers Margaret, Lila, Molly, Lainey, and Blakely should be third graders, and counselors Chloe and Katherine should be freshmen at the University of Texas. They all are gone," the lawsuit states.