The family of the KISS guitar tech who died after contracting COVID-19 during the band’s 2021 End of the Road World Tour has reached a tentative settlement in their lawsuit against the band.

Catherine Stueber, the widow of the late Fran Steuber, is the lead plaintiff in the Santa Monica Superior Court lawsuit. Her husband was the longtime guitar tech for Paul Stanley. The wrongful death/negligence suit brought in October 2023 named as defendants Stanley, Gene Simmons and KISS’ longtime manager Doc McGhee, in addition to tour promoter Live Nation.

On Monday, the plaintiffs’ attorneys’ filed court papers with Judge Lisa K. Sepe-Wiesenfeld notifying her of a “conditional” accord in the case with the expectation a request for dismissal will be filed by Oct. 17. No terms were divulged.

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