Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire (65 page)

Byrnes, Patricia,
18

Cabral, Richard,
38
,
104

Canillas, Frank,
17

capacity calculations.
See
occupancy limits

carbon monoxide,
101
,
213
,
217

Carcieri, Donald,
136–37

Carey, John,
66

Carr, Richard,
16

Casey, Whitney,
2–3
,
137

casualties.
See
(the) dead; survivors; victims

catastrophes.
See
disasters

cell phones,
92
,
140

Childress, Jerry and Minnie,
130

Choquette, Jen,
xii
,
93–94

Chris Fontaine,
231

Cioffi, William,
139

civil litigation,
183–88
,
250–51
.
See also
attorneys; court hearings and courts; litigation financing companies (LFCs); master complaints; motions (pre-trial); Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC); pre-trial practice civil versus criminal lawsuits,
159–60
.
See also
crimes and criminal prosecution/trials; grand jury proceedings and indictments Clark, Jordan,
50

Clarke, Lee,
114

Clear Channel Communications,
192
,
201
,
250

“Club Cinq-Sept” fire (France),
128

CNN (television),
125
,
137

Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire (Boston),
99
,
129
,
163

command center.
See
The Cowesett Inn

“commitment” phenomenon,
68–69

Conant, Nicole and Stephanie,
76

Conn, Alasdair K. T.,
139

Consumer Products Safety Commission,
132

Conte, Tom,
22
,
56
,
60
,
62

Conti, Nathan,
32

contingent fee litigation and contingent fees,
180–81
.
See also
litigation financing companies (LFCs) contracts, business,
27
,
29

“controlled calls,”
154–55

Cook, Lewis,
16
,
167

Cope, Oliver,
99

Cordier, Michael,
50

Cormier, Donna,
79

Cormier family,
76–77

coroners.
See
Laposata, Elizabeth; Rhode Island medical examiner’s office

corruption, political,
7

Costa, Troy,
14–15

court hearings and courts,
164
,
168
,
186
.
See also
civil litigation; crimes and criminal prosecution/trials; federal courts; state courts Coutu, Roland,
112
,
268
n

Cowesett Avenue (number 211),
8–9
,
228
.
See also
The Station nightclub The Cowesett Inn,
122–25

crimes and criminal prosecution/trials,
166–68
,
171
.
See also
court hearings and courts; grand jury proceedings and indictments; prosecution/sentencing Crime Victims Compensation Fund,
231

criminal versus civil lawsuits,
159–60
.
See also
grand jury proceedings and indictments Cripe, Robert,
105

Crisostomi, Albert,
164–65

Crisostomi, Fred,
72–73

Cristina, Joe,
109–14

crosses.
See
memorial tributes and mourning

crowd behavior,
68
,
112
.
See also
groupthink versus individual behavior Crowne Plaza Hotel (Warwick, RI),
135–37

cyanide poisoning.
See
toxicology tests

Dahl, Jeffrey,
224–25

Dante Fox (rock band).
See
Great White (rock band)

Darigan, Francis J.,
165–70

DATs.
See
digital audio tape recorders (DATs)

Davidson, Dan,
77–78
,
268
n

Davidson, Frank (“Grimace”),
33–34
,
122
,
150–51
,
154–57

the dead,
125–27
,
134–36
,
247–48
,
286
n.
See also
excavation of human remains Dean, Paul,
15

death, approach to,
114

default rates (litigation financing),
227

defendants

culpability,
193–97

identifying,
184–86
,
209–11
,
214–18

settlements (legal),
191
,
202–3
,
250–51

strategies,
197

DelSesto, Cara and Lisa,
64
,
127

DeMaio, Dina,
56
,
94
,
138
,
169

dental records/dentists,
136
,
139–40

DERCO, LLC,
251

Derderian, Jeffrey,
10–11
,
13–20
,
36
,
53–54
,
69
,
115
,
210–11
,
249

actions during the fire or aftermath,
158
,
230–31
,
284
n culpability,
19–20
,
132
,
148–50
,
159
,
162–63
,
170
,
194

prosecution/sentencing of,
167–71
,
230

settlements (legal),
202
,
251

Derderian, Michael,
10–11
,
13–19
,
36–37
,
210–11
,
230–31
,
249

actions during the fire or aftermath,
158
,
230–31
,
284
n culpability,
149
,
159
,
162–63
,
170
,
194

prosecution/sentencing of,
167–71
,
230

settlements (legal),
202
,
251

digital audio tape recorders (DATs),
109–14
,
141

Dirty Deeds (rock band),
32

disaster archaeology.
See
forensic archaeology

Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT),
139–40

disasters.
See also
9/11 terrorist attacks; nightclubs and nightclub fires