Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire (68 page)

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