Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire (68 page)

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Authors: John Barylick

Tags: #Performing Arts, #Theater, #General, #History, #United States, #State & Local, #Middle Atlantic (DC; DE; MD; NJ; NY; PA), #New England (CT; MA; ME; NH; RI; VT), #Music, #Genres & Styles, #Technology & Engineering, #Fire Science

Krofft, Sid and Marty’s TV show (Hollywood),
128
,
275–76
n Kubus, John,
111
,
121
LaFontaine, Joseph,
68
,
250
Lagueux, Ronald L.,
186–87
,
196
Lalikos, Janice,
177
laminated foam.
See
plastic foam blocks (“Julian or Mickey foam”)
Laposata, Elizabeth,
125–26
,
139–40
,
232–33
Larocque, Denis (Rocky),
4
,
42–47
,
151–53
,
205
,
233
culpability,
159
,
171
,
194
,
201–2
,
239–40
,
249
,
251
testimony,
162
,
240
LawCash (litigation financing company),
227
Lawless, Blackie,
12
,
150
lawsuits on behalf of victims.
See
civil litigation
Lewis, Steve,
31
liability, civil,
182
,
184
liability, joint and several,
190–91
liability, product.
See
product liability and stewardship
liability, vicarious,
191–92
life safety.
See
fire safety
lifesaving,
118
.
See also
Horan, Shamus; Panciera, Harold (Hal) lifesaving devices,
64–68
lifesaving treatments,
175–78
LIN Television Corporation,
250
.
See also
Butler, Brian; WLNE TV Channel 6 (Providence) litigation.
See
civil litigation; court hearings and courts; crimes and criminal prosecution/trials litigation financing companies (LFCs),
226–27
Lloyd’s of London,
196
,
251
Long, Bill,
79–80
Longiaru, John,
169
Longley, Ty,
79–80
,
121–22
,
229–30
Lovin’ Kry (rock band),
32
Lund, Jason,
40–41
Lynch, John,
149
Lynch, Patrick,
137
,
161
,
167–68
,
171–72
,
253
Machado, Armando and Nancy,
36–37
Malinowski, Jill,
50
Mancini, Andrea,
xii
,
40
,
56–57
,
62
,
105
,
138
Mancini, Keith,
62
,
138
Mancini, Steve,
62
,
138
manslaughter,
160
Marion, Tom,
106–7
marketing, deceptive,
129–31
Massachusetts General Hospital,
99
,
139
,
173–74
mass tort settlements.
See
settlements (legal)
master complaints,
185–86
.
See also
Third Amended Master Complaint Master Release and Settlement Agreement,
225
Mattera, Gina,
138
Mattera-Housa, Tammy,
138
McGinn, David,
50
McGovern, Francis E.,
219–25
McLaughlin & Moran Inc.,
49–50
,
194
,
202
,
250
McPherson, Ed,
157
media coverage of Station fire and aftermath,
134
,
136–37
,
154
,
157–58
,
164
,
168
.
See also
Butler, Brian; film footage; television channels and crews medical examiner’s office and officials.
See
Rhode Island medical examiner’s office
Mellini, Julie,
xii
,
55
,
94–95
memorial tributes and mourning,
4
,
138
,
228–29
.
See also
donations for victims mens rea (guilty mind),
160
metal bands.
See
heavy metal bands
MGM Grand Hotel (Las Vegas),
184
Miele, Donna,
135
Mikutowicz, Michael (Mickey),
31–32
,
204–5
,
207–8
,
236
mill fires,
7
misdemeanor manslaughter,
160
missing persons, identifying,
134–42
Mitchell, Donna,
74–75
,
80
,
268
n motions (pre-trial),
199–201
Mowrer, Frederick,
216–17
Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act (2002),
186
Murray, Stephen,
46
,
233
musicians.
See also
rock bands; session musicians;
individual names
Nadeau, Jason,
105
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA),
195
National Fire Protection Association’s Life Safety Code,
67
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) investigation,
67–68
,
86–87
,
102
,
132
,
205–6
,
254
New England Custom Alarms,
46
,
250
.
See also
LaFontaine, Joseph news reports and reporters,
1–3
,
151
.
See also
Casey, Whitney; Derderian, Jeffrey; television channels and crews NFPA.
See
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
NFPA Standard (1126),
195
nightclubs and nightclub fires,
238
.
See also
The Station nightclub “Club Cinq-Sept” (France),
128
Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire (Boston),
99
,
129
,
163
E2 nightclub (Chicago),
53
,
69
Fine Line Music Café (Minneapolis),
69
NIST.
See
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) investigation
occupancy limits,
17
,
43–44
,
151–53
,
239–40
O’Connor, Michael,
37–39
O’Donnell, Brian,
38–39
O’Donnell, Katie,
92
O’Neill, Nicky,
172
opportunism.
See
corruption, political
Owens, Irving J. (Jesse),
2–3
,
53
,
143
,
251
oxidation and oxygen,
82–83
packing foam.
See
foam insulation/foam plastics industry

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