| 12/31/2004
List of nightclubs needing sprinklers down to 74
PROVIDENCE
-- More inspections by the state fire marshal's office have trimmed the
list of Rhode Island nightclubs that need sprinklers by more than 20
percent: from 95 clubs named by the marshal two weeks ago, to 74 clubs
in a revised list issued ...
12/28/2004
Examiner criticized earlier in fatal fire
PROVIDENCE
-- The medical examiner's office was faulted for workplace conditions
four months after a consultant found fault with the office's response
to The Station nightclub fire, which claimed 100 lives.
12/16/2004
Federal judge consolidates Station fire civil suits
Posted 1 p.m. PROVIDENCE
-- The civil suits filed in relation to The Station nightclub fire were
consolidated today under a master complaint that represents 240
plaintiffs and 47 defendants.
95 clubs must install sprinklers, state says
PROVIDENCE
-- Ninety-five of 177 nightclubs in Rhode Island must install
sprinklers under the fire safety laws inspired by The Station disaster
in 2003, according to a statewide survey compiled by the state fire
marshal's office.
List of R.I. nightclubs surveyed by fire marshal and results
As
of Dec. 10, 2004, 177 nightclubs in Rhode Island were inspected by
local fire departments or were the subject of a nighttime operational
survey by the Rhode Island Division of State Fire Marshal. Below is a
list of those establishments broken...
12/15/2004
Judge: State can get Derderians' Home Depot purchase records
Posted 3:25 p.m. PROVIDENCE
-- The state can gather records from Home Depot on purchases made by
the owners of The Station nightclub where a fire killed 100 people, a
Superior Court judge ruled today.
State seeks records of Derderians' purchases
In
the criminal case against the owners of The Station nightclub, Michael
and Jeffrey Derderian, prosecutors are seeking a subpoena to compel
Home Depot to turn over records relating to transactions at the store
that appear on the Derderian brothers'...
12/01/2004
CBS dropped from Station lawsuit
PROVIDENCE -- Attorneys representing families of some of the 100 people
killed in The Station nightclub fire in West Warwick as well a number
who were injured have agreed to drop CBS Broadcasting Inc., as a
defendant in one of the lawsuits filed in the aftermath.
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