The lawsuit claims the bar was negligent in failing to properly inspect the tent and by allowing customers underneath it, even as weather forecasts warned of dangerous conditions…Kilroy’s had obtained a city permit 
for the tent April 11. But city officials noted that their inspectors have no way to test a tent for structural strength to make sure it can withstand 90 mph winds, an industry standard cited in the local ordinance.
The wife of a man killed in the April 28 storm accident at Kilroy’s Sports Bar has filed a wrongful death suit against the pub and the company that leased and installed the tent that collapsed on more than 100 patrons. Alfred Goodman, 58, of Waterloo, suffered head and neck injuries when heavy wind gusts — estimated at up to 50 mph — lifted a party tent at the bar from its moorings and pushed it and its heavy metal posts against a railroad trestle.
Goodman was pronounced dead at St. Louis University Hospital. Another 16 people went to the hospital, and about 100 total were treated on the scene, for a range of injuries.
