The band say the companies have “failed to pay amounts that even they appear to recognise are due and owing” on insurance claims the band made on several shows which were cancelled. Following the Bataclan attack last November, an additional four European shows were cancelled.
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Neither company have responded to Foo Fighters’ lawsuit.
The group filed suit on Monday in federal court in Los Angeles against Lloyd’s of London and loss adjuster Robertson Taylor.
The Foo Fighters rock band has filed litigation against Lloyd’s of London underwriters and broker Robertson Taylor Insurance Brokers Ltd. over Lloyd’s alleged failure to compensate it for shows canceled because of a band member’s injuries, and the 2015 Paris terrorism attack.
The band says the website www.foofighterstours2015.com had been hacked the day after the attacks to show an ISIS flag, an automatic weapon and the threat, “Be prepared”.
The band is looking to be reimbursed for the cancelled dates in Europe following the tragedy, as well as filing a suit for Dave Grohl’s broken leg that occurred at a tour stop in Sweden.
In the second part of the complaint, filed in the United States, they address the gigs they cancelled in Paris, Lyon, Turin and Barcelona because of security fears after the horrific terrorist attacks at Le Bataclan in mid-November, claiming that the insurance companies have been issuing irrelevant requests for information and showing no signs of paying out.
The band also had to pull out of their headline slot at last year’s Glastonbury festival.
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“To date, seven months later, however, London Market Insurers have not paid or offered to pay a single penny of Foo Fighters’ terrorism coverage claim”.
