The parents of an 18-year-old man fatally stabbed in the heart in a Rose Bowl parking lot in 2019 have reached a settlement in the suit they filed against the Rose Bowl Operating Co. for negligence, in which they alleged their son was killed by an employee of a cleaning crew whose workers were not properly screened for criminal backgrounds.
Kamryn Stone, who had recently graduated from high school and was taking real estate classes at West Los Angeles College, was stabbed outside the stadium about 11:20 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2019, after Oklahoma’s 48-14 victory over UCLA.
The plaintiffs in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit brought against the RBOG are Stone’s father, Barry F. Stone, and mother, Kristie Campbell-Stone.
On Friday, the family’s attorneys filed court papers with Judge Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Karen Moskowitz notifying her of the accord. No terms were divulged.
In their previous court papers. RBOC attorneys contended that their client could not be held liable because the company did not “affirmatively contribute to the subject altercation,” did not have an obligation to protect employees of contractors who were providing clean-up services after the game there had ended and that it was speculation to think that any security steps the plaintiffs think should have been taken would have made a difference.
According to the suit, Stone was killed during his first day as a custodial worker at the Rose Bowl, the suit stated. He was employed by Cindy’s Cleaning Service LLC, one of several firms ABM Industries Inc. hired to employ scores of workers needed to clean the stadium after games.
Stone’s parents believe the defendants should have known that they were allowing employees onto the grounds who were dangerous and violent, the suit filed in June 2021 stated.
“Workers had come to the stadium from across Los Angeles County and had a host of different backgrounds,” the suit stated.
“Some workers came from neighborhoods that were gang-infested and the workers knew gang members well. Other workers were active gang members themselves or held close allegiances to active gang members who were working at the stadium.”
A fight began in a parking lot among the workers and Stone tried to be a good Samaritan by intervening and stopping the violence, the suit stated. However, he was kicked and stabbed and died of his injuries the next day, according to the suit.
No Rose Bowl employees capable of providing CPR were present and Stone did not receive quick medical aid even though he was lying in the parking lot bleeding, the suit stated.
“This delay in seeking any medical attention increased the pain and suffering which Kamryn was forced to endure, prior to his death, and was a substantial factor causing his death,” the suit alleged.
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