(The Center Square) – Another lawsuit has been filed against Camp Mystic, a now closed all-girls camp in Hunt, Texas, where 25 campers and two counselors were killed during the historic July 4, 2025, flash flood.

Parents of the 27 girls, referred to as “Heaven’s 27,” filed multiple wrongful death and gross negligence lawsuits last year against the camp and its owners, members of the Eastland family.

The parents of Mary Grace Baker, Clarke and Katie Baker, of Beaumont, were the latest to sue on Monday.

Mary Grace was eight when she and five other girls in their cabin were swept to their deaths by raging flood waters after they weren’t evacuated and were instructed to stay in their cabin. They were among the youngest campers housed closest to the Guadalupe River.

The lawsuit was filed the same day an automatic stay was lifted on wrongful death lawsuits filed by other Heaven’s 27 parents last year. The stay being lifted clears the way for civil cases to proceed despite Camp Mystic’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.

The camp filed for bankruptcy in June after the state legislature forced the Eastlands to shut down operations as a criminal investigation by the Texas Rangers was ongoing, The Center Square reported. The Eastlands had plans to reopen, which were squashed by the state legislature in April. This was after state legislative hearings and independent investigators hired by the legislature identified extensive failures from camp owners, including the camp not being in compliance with state law, The Center Square reported.

Last week, a federal bankruptcy judge found material conflicts of interest between the Eastland family and the camp’s bankruptcy estates and warned that a Chapter 11 trustee would be appointed. In response, the Eastland family ceded control and two independent fiduciaries were appointed to manage the camp estates.

The 106-page lawsuit was filed in Travis County District Court and names multiple Camp Mystic entities and four members of the Eastland family individually, among others. It alleges the camp and the Eastlands knowingly operated in a high-risk flood zone and failed to take basic safety precautions to protect the children in their care.

“There is no timeline for grief, and we needed this first year simply to survive it,” Clarke Baker said in a statement. “We are not filing today out of anger. We are filing out of love — for our daughter, and for every child who deserves to come home from summer camp alive and unharmed. Now that we have found the strength, we owe it to Mary Grace’s memory to understand the truth and to seek accountability.”

Last year, Baker testified before the state legislature urging lawmakers to implement camp safety reforms, which it did, The Center Square reported.

“This was not an unforeseeable act of nature. What happened at Camp Mystic was preventable, and no family should have to bury their daughter, because a family-owned camp put other priorities ahead of children’s safety,” the Baker’s attorney, Tim Ferguson of The Ferguson Law Firm in Beaumont, said in a statement. “This lawsuit is about transparency, responsibility, and ensuring that no other family endures what the Bakers have suffered.”

The lawsuit alleges that Camp Mystic “had documented, decades-long knowledge of flooding on its own property, including prior flood events, FEMA flood-hazard designations, and annual floodplain permits” but didn’t implement proper safety, training, and evacuation protocols in an area of the state known as “Flash Flood Alley.”

It alleges the camp ignored repeated flood warnings and historical data; failed to build cabins and facilities in safe locations; lacked an effective emergency or evacuation plan; demonstrated gross negligence and “conscious indifference” to camper safety; and prioritized operational convenience and profits over children’s lives.

The lawsuit was filed after the Texas Rangers filed an affidavit for search warrants for some Eastland family phone records in its ongoing criminal investigation. The affidavit states that operational practices at Camp Mystic “demonstrate a pervasive pattern of institutional complacency, regulatory non-compliance, and a systemic and conscious disregard for mandatory safety standards and state law. Camp Mystic, LLC was aware of but consciously disregarded a substantial and unjustifiable risk” that constitutes “a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise,” The Center Square reported.

The Texas Rangers investigation began in March. Since then, investigators found that several Camp Mystic owners and operators refused to cooperate or be interviewed. They include Willetta Tweety Eastland, the matriarch of the family, Edward Eastland, Mary Liz Eastland, Richard Eastland Jr., Cathryn Eastland, Besty Althaus and Glenn Juenke, according to the affidavit.

Among others, the Baker lawsuit names Willetta, Edward, Mary Liz and George Eastland, Glenn Juenke and Craig and Betsy Althaus as plaintiffs.

The lawsuit demands a jury trial and requests the court to award actual damages in the amount within the jurisdictional limits of the court.

Although the Bakers didn’t sue until Monday, Ferguson sent a notice to Camp Mystic one week after Mary Grace’s death regarding the camp’s legal obligations to preserve all flood related evidence, including surveillance footage, staff communications, and camp records.

When it was alleged that the camp wasn’t preserving evidence and was attempting to tear down cabins, another family sued. A federal judge ordered the camp to preserve all evidence.

The camp did not immediately respond to requests for comment.