05/27/2005
Judge sets deadlines for Station defense
PROVIDENCE
-- The state Superior Court judge handling the criminal case against
three men charged with manslaughter in the Station nightclub fire set a
schedule yesterday for the defendants' attempts to dismiss the case
against them.
05/26/2005
Judge: Derderians' financial records can be subpoenaed
Posted 4:58 p.m.
PROVIDENCE
-- A judge said today that prosecutors can subpoena the financial
records of two brothers who owned the West Warwick nightclub ravaged by
fire during a rock concert more than two years ago.
Claims against WPRI dismissed by judge
A
federal judge has dismissed some of the allegations against Channel 12
in lawsuits arising from The Station nightclub fire that killed 100
people. The TV station remains a defendant in the suits.
05/25/2005
Some Station fire civil claims against WPRI dismissed
Updated 5:40 p.m.
PROVIDENCE
- A federal judge has dismissed some of the civil claims against
WPRI-TV in connection with the deadly fire at The Station nightclub.
05/21/2005
Judge: Station grand jurors are off-limits
PROVIDENCE
-- Lawyers for the owners of The Station nightclub may not continue to
interview any more of the grand jurors who heard the case against their
clients, Superior Court Judge Francis J. Darigan ruled yesterday.
05/20/2005
Judge: Defense lawyers cannot interview Station fire grand jurors
Posted 12:37 p.m.
PROVIDENCE
-- Lawyers for the owners of The Station nightclub cannot continue
interviewing the grand jurors who indicted their clients in the deadly
2003 fire at the club, a Superior Court judge ruled today.
05/18/2005
Derderians found in contempt, fined
PROVIDENCE
-- A state Workers' Compensation Court judge yesterday found the owners
of The Station nightclub in contempt for failing to show why they
cannot afford to pay about $180,000 in benefits to the families of four
nightclub employees killed...
05/17/2005
Availability of evidence for Station trial at issue
PROVIDENCE
-- The Station fire criminal and civil cases were thrown into confusion
yesterday when a Superior Court judge announced there would not be
enough polyurethane foam for testing by all the parties who want it.
05/10/2005
State counter defense over Station jury probe
PROVIDENCE
-- Prosecutors in The Station fire case launched their offensive
yesterday against claims of grand jury irregularities, arguing that
lawyers for the nightclub's owners, Michael and Jeffrey Derderian,
violated court rules by interviewing ...
Concerns arise about police probe
PROVIDENCE
-- Three civil-rights groups and two state officials want assurances
that law-enforcement agencies are being thorough in an investigation of
the possible use of excessive force during the arrest and custody of
murder suspect Esteban...
05/09/2005
Prosecutors rebut charges of Station fire grand jury irregularities
Posted 4:11 p.m.
PROVIDENCE
-- Prosecutors in The Station nightclub fire case launched their own
offensive today against claims of grand jury irregularities, arguing
that defense lawyers for Michael and Jeffrey Derderian violated court
rules by interviewing grand jurors without a judge's permission.
05/06/2005
Questions raised over Station fire jurors' attendance
PROVIDENCE
-- Most of the grand jurors who voted to indict the owners of The
Station nightclub were absent for parts of the testimony presented by
prosecutors, according to papers filed by defense lawyers in Superior
Court.
05/05/2005
Derderians question absences of jurors who voted to indict them
Updated 4:45 p.m.
PROVIDENCE
-- Most of the grand jurors who voted to indict the owners of The
Station nightclub were absent for parts of the testimony presented by
prosecutors, according to papers filed by defense lawyers yesterday in
Superior Court.
Derderians say many grand jurors missed testimony in fire case
Updated 12:12 p.m.
PROVIDENCE
- - Most of the grand jurors who voted to indict the owners of a
nightclub where 100 people died missed portions of testimony in the
case, according to court papers filed yesterday by the owners'
attorneys.
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