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The victim's families from the nightclub fire are filing suit (presumably wrongful death, negligence and a few other old favorites).
The lawsuit names 46 defendants, including Great White, singer Jack Russell, former band manager Paul Woolnough, Knight Records, tour manager Dan Biechele, club owners Michael and Jeffrey Derderian, pyrotechnic firm Luna Tech, foam manufacturers, speaker manufacturer JBL, Providence radio station WJHY, its owner Clear Channel Broadcasting, Anheuser-Busch, Lloyd's of London, bus company Four Seasons and state and local officials.
The band, the technicians and the decision makers who decided to use pryo in a small club I can understand being sued. But why sue JBL (who had nothing to do with the event and probably didn't even know that there speakers were being used in the venue), Busch, the state of Rhode Island or the bus company (which makes as much sense as suing the taxi companies that brought some of the victims to the club)? Oh, yeah. Deep pockets. God, I hate lawyers. I'd almost rather deal with predatory drug dealers.
Posted by Casper at July 24, 2004 05:39 PM