Civil
Suit Filed Against Great White and Others For RI Club Fire - musicNEWS
07-19-04
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226 plaintiffs are named in a civil suit that
was filed last week in Providence Superior Court against various defendants
in connection with the deadly February 2003 fire at The Station Nightclub
in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
MTV reports that eight lawyers filed the
suit on behalf of the families of 80 of the 100 people that were killed
in the blaze and 146 of the over 200 people that were injured. The defendant
in the suit include Great White, the club owners, the manufactures of the
foam used on the club walls for soundproofing, the fireworks manufacturer,
Lloyd's of London(Insurance company), CBS Broadcasting (who employed club
co-owner Jeffrey Derderian as an investigative reporter for an affiliate
station in RI), Great Whites tour bus provider, government officials that
were responsible for fire safety inspections, Great Whites former road
manager Daniel Biechele, the man that reportedly set off the fireworks
that caused the deadly fire. The suit also goes after the companies that
sponsored the deadly concert including Anheuser-Busch, their local distributor,
Clear Channel Communications and Rhode Island radio station WHJY-FM.
The club owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian
and Biechele also face 200 counts of involuntary manslaughter in a separate
criminal case. Jeffrey Derderian and cameraman Brian Butler (also named
in the suit) were reportedly working on an investigative report on
club safety for Rhode Island CBS Affiliate Channel 12, the night of the
fire. Butler captured the start of the fire on tape.
The three defendants in the criminal case
plead not guilty.
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