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No decision in Christina Grimmie wrongful death case

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — There was no decision Tuesday in a major wrongful death case involving singer Christina Grimmie.

Grimmie was killed by an obsessed fan two nights before the Pulse terror attack in June 2016.

A judge decided he needed more time to decide whether to dismiss the case her family is pushing against the venue where she was killed, Plaza Live, and the promoter for the tour.

"There are no facts to support it," said Michael Clark.

A lawyer for tour promoter AEG Live told the judge there's no written contract that would have provided for Grimmie's security.

“As much as they (the plaintiffs) want to assert that it exists, it doesn’t,” said attorney Todd Ehrenreich.

The lawyer representing Grimmie’s family appeared to suggest the other side was holding out.

“They provided to me a couple of documents that help their case, but they don’t provide the document that’s going to hurt their case,” said attorney Brian Caplan.

He said he hopes Grimmie’s story can help someone else.

“Setting a standard on the basis for other concert venues, I think that’s as important as anything else in the case,” Caplan said.

There’s no timeline going forward.

If the judge decides to let the lawsuit stand, it will go to the discovery process, where both sides are supposed to turn over whatever they have related to the case.