GRAY v. DERDERIAN

C.A. No. 04-312L, C.A. No. 03-483L.

371 F.Supp.2d 98 (2005)

Albert L. GRAY, Administrator, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Jeffrey DERDERIAN, et al., Defendants. Estate of Jude B. Henault, et al., Plaintiffs, v. American Foam Corporation; et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

May 24, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. Jones, Cooley Manion Jones LLP, Boston, MA, Max Wistow, Wistow & Barylick Incorporated, Mark S. Mandell, Mandell, Schwartz & Boisclair, Stephen E. Breggia, Esq., Breggia, Bowen & Grande, Eva Marie Mancuso, Hamel, Waxler, Allen & Collins, Steven A. Minicucci, Esq., Calvin Law Associates, Charles N. Redihan, Jr., Esq., Kiernan, Plunkett & Redihan, Providence, RI, Michael A. St. Pierre, Esq., Revens, Revens & St. Pierre, Warwick, RI, Brian R. Cunha, Brian Cunha & Assoc., East Providence, RI, Ronald J. Resmini, Esq., Ronald J. Creamer, Providence, RI, Robert R. Reardon, Esq., Robert I. Rimmer, Esq., The Reardon Law Firm, P.C., Ralph J. Monaco, Esq., Conway & Londregan, Daniel J. Horgan, Horgan Law Offices, New London, CT, for Plaintiffs.

Anthony F. DeMarco, Esq., Reynolds, DeMarco & Boland, Ltd., Fred A. Kelly, Jr., Steven M. Richard, Esq., Randall L. Souza, Ian C. Ridlon, Nixon Peabody LLP, Donald J. Maroney, James H. Reilly, III, Kelly, Kelleher, Reilly & Simpson, Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr., Kristin E. Rodgers, Blish & Cavanagh, Howard A. Merten, Esq., Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLP, Eric M. Sommers, Benjamin V. White, III., Esq., Vetter & White, Incorporated, Stephen J. Macgillivray, Esq., Edwards & Angell, James R. Lee, Attorney General's Office, Richard W. MacAdams, MacAdams & Wieck, Inc., Ronald P. Langlois, Esq., Smith & Brink, P.C., Mark T. Nugent, Esq., Morrison Mahoney LLP, Thomas W. Lyons, III, Strauss, Factor & Lopes, Gerald C. DeMaria, Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, Mark C. Hadden, Esq., John R. Mahoney, Asquith, Mahoney & Robinson, Mark P. Dolan, Gregory L. Boyer, Esq., Michael R. DeLuca, Esq., Gidley, Sarli & Marusak, LLP, T. Dos Urbanski, Melick, Porter & Shea LLP, Thomas C. Angelone, Hodosh, Spinella & Angelone, Anthony R. Leone, Rice Dolan & Kershaw, Providence, RI, Christopher C. Fallon, Jr., Esq., Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, Edwin F. McPherson, Esq., McPherson & Kalmansohn, Los Angeles, CA, Edward M. Crane, Esq., Deborah G. Solmor, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, IL, W. Thomas McGough, Jr., Esq., James J. Restivo, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburg, PA, Andrew J. Trevelise, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Charles L. Babcock, Esq., Nancy W. Hamilton, Earl H. Walker, Esq., Jackson Walker L.L.P., Houston, TX, Curtis R. Diedrich, Esq., Sloane & Walsh, Mark D. Cahill, Esq., Eric Bradford Hermanson, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Michael J. Mazurczak, Esq., Allen J. McCarthy, Melick, Porter & Shea, LLP, Edward T. Hinchey, Esq., Sloane & Walsh, LLP, Boston, MA, George Wolf, Ann M. Songer, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, C. Russell Bengtson, Carroll, Kelly & Murphy, Georgia Sullivan, Mathis & Associates, Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr., Robinson & Cole, William E. Murray, Edwards & Angell, Allan B. Taylor, Day, Berry & Howard, Mark K. Ostrowski, Esq., Shipman & Goodwin, LLP, Jose M. Rojas, Shipman & Goodwin, Hartford, CT, Stephen Fogerty, Halloran & Sage LLP, Westport, CT, Joseph J. McGair, Esq., Patrarca & McGair, Warwick, RI, Michael T. Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, Johnson & DeLuca, Stamford, CT, Lauren DiSimone Wilkins, Carla Ottaviano, Law Office of George J. DuBorg, Glastonbury, CT, Matthew F. Medeiros, Esq., Little, Medeiros, Kinder, Bulman & Whitney, Providence, RI, Jessica L. Margolis, Michael R. Potenza, Esq., Bruce P. Keller, Esq., Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York City, Edward B. O'Connell, Jr. Waller, Smith & Palmer, P.C., New London, CT, Donna M. Lamontagne, Zizik, Powers, O'Connell, Spaulding & Lamontagne, P.C., Faith A. LaSalle, Esq., Law Offices of Faith A. LaSalle, Providence, RI, for Defendants.

Peter J. Schneider, Cooley Manion Jones LLP, Boston, MA, for Movant.

Stephen A. Izzi, Holland & Knight LLP, Providence, RI, for Interested Party.

Stephen M. Prignano, Edwards & Angell, Stephen B. Lang, Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, Providence, RI, for Third-Party Defendant/Defendants.

Donald M. Gregory, III North Kingstown, RI, for Cross-Claimant/Defendants.

Howard Julian, Saunderstown, RI, pro se.

James T. Murphy, Esq., Kelly N. Michels, Esq., Hanson Curran LLP, Marc Desisto, Desisto Law, Providence, RI, for Cross-Defendants/Defendants.


In Re Motion to Dismiss of Defendants TVL Broadcasting, Inc., and STL Broadcasting, Inc.

DECISION AND ORDER

LAGUEUX, Senior District Judge.

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