Meat Loaf has filed a lawsuit against a hotel at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, alleging his fall from a stage during a horror convention held there last May has left him seriously injured and unable to perform.

According to the complaint against the hotel and the horror convention, Meat Loaf suffered severe neck, collarbone and shoulder injuries that have prevented him from performing since.

The rock icon spent 12 days at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at Grapevine, then an additional 30 days in a Nashville hospital.

The lawsuit filed in Tarrant County district court names the Hyatt hotel chain and Texas Frightmare Weekend as defendants and seeks unspecified monetary damages.

According to the lawsuit, the bottom of the curtain was pooled on the back of the stage and had been draped in such a way that it looked like there was something beneath it “if a participant were to step on this part of the curtain.”

“In setting up the stage, the defendants hung curtains from a tall frame at the back edge of the stage,” the lawsuit said. “The curtains came past the bottom of the stage where participants were walking and hid where the stage ended.”

There was no railing, warning tape or any other sort of safety barrier at the back of the stage to prevent someone from falling off, the lawsuit alleges.

Meat Loaf, who goes by the legal name Michael Lee Aday, claims that the defendants profited off his fame but did not provide a safe environment at the May convention at the hotel.

Source: RTT Music News