Camp Mystic, the Texas girls camp where 28 people died in flooding earlier this year, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to reporting from the Austin American-Statesman and the New York Times. The filing automatically pauses the flood-related lawsuits that had been building against the camp in the months since the disaster.
The bankruptcy filing comes after what multiple outlets described as months of investigations and legal action tied to the deaths. Families of victims had filed lawsuits against the camp, and authorities had been examining the circumstances of the flooding and the camp's response to it.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows an organization to continue operating while restructuring its finances and debts under court supervision. The automatic stay that comes with such a filing halts most civil litigation, which in this case includes the wrongful death and negligence suits connected to the flooding incident.
The full details of the camp's financial situation and the scope of the claims against it were not immediately available. The case is expected to move through federal bankruptcy court, where any claims by flood victims and their families would be addressed as part of the proceedings.
