IN RE MGM GRAND HOTEL FIRE LITIGATION

MDL No. 453.

570 F.Supp. 913 (1983)

In re MGM GRAND HOTEL FIRE LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

As Amended August 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Cummings, III, New Orleans, La., Stanley M. Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, Wendell H. Gauthier, Kenner, La., Melvin M. Belli, San Francisco, Cal., Toxey H. Smith, Los Angeles, Cal., Will S. Kemp, Las Vegas, Nev., Joseph W. Cotchett, San Mateo, Cal., Leonard M. Ring, Chicago, Ill., J. Bruce Alverson, Las Vegas, Nev., Joseph Weiner, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Allan B. Goldman, Los Angeles, Cal., Stephen L. Morris, James Olson, Las Vegas, Nev., for MGM.

Leland Eugene Backus, A. William Maupin, Las Vegas, Nev., for Taylor Const. Co.

Rex Jemison, Corby Arnold, Las Vegas, Nev., for Martin Stern, Jr., AIA Architect d/b/a Martin J. Stern Architect and Associates.

G. Edward Fitzgerald, Richard McKnight, Los Angeles, Cal., for Cal. Elec. Const. Co.

Samuel A. Harding, Las Vegas, Nev., for Continental Mechanical Corp.

Nicholas W. Hornberger, Los Angeles, Cal., for Otis Elevator.

James F. Pico, Las Vegas, Nev., for Clark County Departments and Political Subdivisions.

John F. O'Reilly, Las Vegas, Nev., for W.J. Thompson, Inc.

Duane Tewell, Seattle, Wash., for Simpson Timber Co.

Samuel T. Rees, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Cadillac Plastic & Chemical Co.

Tom H. Foulds, Seattle, Wash., for American Protection Ins. Co., Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co., Kemper Corp., American Motorist Ins. Co., American Manufacturers Mut. Ins. Co., and American Protection Ins. Co.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BECHTLE, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION AND FACTS

On Friday, November 21, 1980, at approximately 7:00 A.M., a fire broke out in the delicatessen at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fire spread through the casino and caused heavy smoke and toxic gases to fill the twenty-six story high-rise. Approximately 3,400 registered guests and a number of hotel employees were in the hotel on the morning of the fire...

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