HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The lawsuit brought by the family of a 5-year-old boy killed at the 2008 Air Show at the Huntsville International Airport has been given a February 2013 trial date.
The lawsuit was brought in July 2008 on behalf of the family of Josiah Miller. The boy was killed after a sudden storm hit the air show, lifting a string of hospitality tents from the ground and causing a large air conditioner to fall on the child.
The lawsuit argues required inspections were not performed on the tents and air-conditioning units and generators were set up much closer to the public than is allowed by Huntsville fire code.
It also argues there was not a proper evacuation plan for severe weather, other than sending people into the tents, even though possible thunderstorms had been forecast the day before the fatal accident.
The lawsuit names tent provider All Needz Rental, the Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority and Air Show 2008. Authority marketing director Barbie Peek and authority operations director Doug Kreulen were also named for their roles in organizing the show.
Aggreko LLC, who provided the air-conditioning unit to the air show and Empresas Mayer, a Mexico-based air-conditioning unit manufacturer.
Aggreko has also filed a cross-claim against All Needz.
The parties agreed on the trial date, after learning there were only two available civil trial dates in 2012 on Madison County Circuit Judge Karen Hall's full court calendar.
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