Yellowcard Drop WRLD Juice Lawsuit

Yellowcard has dismissed its copyright infringement lawsuit against Juice WRLD without prejudice, The New York Times Reports and Pitchfork can confirm through court documents.

When contacted by Pitchfork, Yellowcard’s attorney Richard S. Busch shared the following statement:

The dismissal was without prejudice, which means that it can be filled [sic]. My clients were really uncomfortable taking this action against Juice WRLD’s grieving mother as a representative of her estate. As they said earlier, they are also incredibly sympathetic to her death, and were initially torn apart by pursuing this in light of her death. As a result of everything that has happened, they simply need additional time to decide what they want to do.

Estate attorney Juice WRLD Christine Lapera made the following statement to Pitchfork:

The defendants were fully prepared to defend themselves against the allegations, deemed to be unfounded, and remain prepared if necessary. There was no agreement or consideration for the Plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal.

Yellowcard, which broke up in 2017, claimed that Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” copied melodic elements from his song “Holly Wood Died” without permission. United States District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall stopped the lawsuit after Juice WRLD, born Jarad Higgins, died of an accidental overdose, giving the state two months to appoint an administrator. At the time, Busch reiterated Yellowcard’s intention to pursue the $ 15 million trial despite the awkward “optics.” Now that the farm has appointed Higgins’ mother, Carmela Wallace, as its representative, they have reconsidered their decision.

Juice WRLD’s first posthumous LP Legends never die It was released in July; It quickly became the number one biggest album of 2020.

Read “Remembering Juice WRLD, a young rapper who was just getting started” in Pitch.