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CHICAGO (AP) - The owners of a Chicago nightclub where 21 people died in a stampede have agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle dozens of lawsuits brought by victims and their families, attorneys said Wednesday.
Dozens of people were crushed in a narrow stairwell at the E2 nightclub when someone used pepper spray to break up a dance floor fight and sent the crowd into a panic. Bodies jammed the door as people still inside tried to push their way out.
The agreement by now-bankrupt club owner Dwain Kyles and business partner Calvin Hollins Jr. would settle 21 wrongful death and 95 injury claims, said Robert Phillips, an attorney representing more than 100 plaintiffs.
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