IN RE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA LITIGATION

Civ. A. No. 87-2678.

849 F.Supp. 331 (1994)

In re CITY OF PHILADELPHIA LITIGATION. Ramona AFRICA v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

January 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Kline, Alvin F. de Levie, Donald M. Temple (co-counsel), Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiffs.

Carl Oxholm III, Deputy City Sol., Philadelphia, PA, for Frank Powell, Fire Commissioner Wm. B. Richmond, W. Wilson Goode, Leo A. Brooks, Gregore Sambor, and the City of Philadelphia et al.

Gerard Lavery Leverer, Philadelphia, PA, for Louise James (third party deft.).

Michael A. Fenasci, New Orleans, LA, for Zelma Dotson Harrigan.

Michael A. Fenasci, A. Remy Fransen, Jr., New Orleans, LA, for Claire Leak and Louise James.

Anthony D. Jackson, Philadelphia, PA, for Thomas Mapp, Sr., et al.

Carl Oxholm, III, Divisional Deputy City Sol., Philadelphia, PA, for Edward Rendell.

Laura Fredricks, John O.J. Shellenberger, Office of Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, PA, for Richard L. Reed and Morris Demsko.

Bruce M. Rotfeld, Rotfeld & Rotfeld, Philadelphia, PA, for Nathaniel Galloway.

Theodore G. Otto, III, Chief Counsel, Camp Hill, PA, for Department of Corrections.

Seymour Kurland, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, for Ramona Johnson Africa.

Joseph Torregrossa, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, for Alfonso Robbins Africa.

Carl Oxholm, Philadelphia, PA, for Albert Revel, Frank Powell, Michael Tursi and William Klein.

Michael A. Fenasci, Gretna, LA, Thomas A. Sprague, Peter L. Gallagher, Philadelphia, PA, for Claire Leak.

Peter C. Kennedy, Hecker, Brown, Sherry & Johnson, Philadelphia, PA, for William Richmond.

E. Jane Hix, Chief Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, PA, for City of Philadelphia, Willie Goode, Leo A. Brooks, George Sambor, William Richmond and Richard Reed.

Lloyd George Parry, Davis, Riter, Parry & Hartmann, Philadelphia, PA, for Michael Tursi.

Leslie M. Gerstein, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, PA, for Leo A. Brooks.

Fincourt B. Shelton, Philadelphia, PA, for Louise James.

Robert J. Marano, Law Offices of Edward J. Wilbraham, Philadelphia, PA, for Albert Revel.


OPINION*

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

What we have for consideration today are three cases growing out of the tragic events of May 13, 1985 in which, unhappily, as too many people in this city will recall, in an effort to arrest certain members of the MOVE organization, an explosive device was dropped on the MOVE residence at 6221 Osage Avenue. A fire ensued, and of the thirteen persons inside the MOVE dwelling on that late...

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