Texas Camp’s Negligence Led to Girls’ Deaths in Flood, Suits Say

The families of 13 campers and two counselors who died in catastrophic floods at an all-girls Texas summer camp in July sued the owners alleging their deaths and those of a dozen others were preventable.

The owners and operators of Camp Mystic in Kerr County put profits over the safety of those on the sprawling property, which sits in an area on the Guadalupe River known as “Flash Flood Alley,” the four negligence lawsuits filed Monday in Travis County District Court said.

Camp officials didn’t maintain adequate emergency plans, didn’t evacuate when they had the chance, and housed children in ...