In 2009 Bret Michaels performed at the Tony Awards and was walloped in the head with a descending backdrop as he exited the stage; six months later he suffered a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him. He promptly filed a lawsuit against the awards show, and now the NY Times reports that the two parties will reunite right here in New York.
Earlier this week Judge Dolly M. Gee in Los Angeles ruled that Michaels's case should be heard in New York, where the incident took place, and where most witnesses reside. Currently there is no date set for the trial.
The lawsuit states that "Through his sheer will to live, to see his children grow up, Michaels was able to survive this trauma." Though the injury isn't the only beef the Poison frontman has with CBS, it also points to a problem he has with the network choosing to air the incident, which they didn't have to do, and which quickly became passed around the internet.
