Nightclub owners face legal action over Dominican Republic tragedy

People light candles at a makeshift memorial outside the Jet Set nightclub (Matias Delacroix/AP)

The first known lawsuit has been filed against the owners of a legendary nightclub whose roof collapsed and killed 231 people in the Dominican Republic.

The family of one victim sued Jet Set nightclub owner Antonio Espaillat and his mother, Ana Grecia Lopez, along with the Dominican government and the Santo Domingo mayor’s office.