Wow the bus company, now there's a company who contributed to the fire in a big way. One thing to say, West Warwick Fire Inspector!!!!!

What a money grab. To turn a tragedy like this into a greed spawned circus shows the true nature of man.

Bill, don't forget JBL... 800K for manufacturing the speakers and amps... absurd.

Don't forget channel 12.
Suing the bus co. is stretching for dollars - what next? Who built the building?

That's what is wrong with this picture. What a shame to involve these company's...

It was and is a horrible tragedy that happened to everyone in the fire, but aren't we really scraping the bottom of the barrel with some of these "responsible parties"? Let's not forget the mfg of the paper towel and toilet paper supplier! After all, these articles are flammible too!

I wonder what the actual victims will finally realize in settlement when this is said and done. Somehow, I bet the lawyers will be better off than the victims. I challenge the lawyers to collect only expenses and not a percentage of the "winnings". For some reason, I doubt the patrons who still suffer everyday will see any amount of money as justice.

a very good friend of mine is a survivor, thank God. I of course think they should all (survivors include family members of those who did not walk out that night) be rightly compensated, but when lawsuits begin to extend to entities like bus companies and speaker manufacturers, it gets ridiculous. Why don't they sue the surviving people, too ... the hair on their bodies most certainly was flammable and contributed to the fire spreading! How about the manufacturer of the promotional posters? After all, paper burns! >:( this is crazy. 2 parties were to blame. The club itself and the Fire Marshall. The state of RI needs to pay these poor families. The club owners (I think) have been run through the system and given due process. I know that what the survivors want most of all is to move past this, and to come to a point where they may enjoy as normal a life as they can after this horrific tragedy.

No amount of money will help deal with this tragedy, it's getting very greedy and dirty. Nothing good comes out of greed. No amount of money will bring back your family member. What did the bus and speakers do....amazing. Move on and be thankful for what you have. I am shocked what people will do for money. It's just money!

What does any of these companies and others like Home Depot, Clear Channel Comm., have to do with the fire?? This was a terrible tradegy but these companies have nothing to do with the fire. Why wasn't the fire inspector held accountable?? Why wasn't he put on trial? Why wasn't he sued for negligence? This state is totally screwed up?

Let's not forget National Grid who surely furnished the electricity for the amps, lights including exit signs. Are they going to include the airlines who brought the band to RI? Unfortunately, the victims and their families will see little, if any of this money. However, the large pool of legal sharks continue their feeding frenzy on this horrible tragedy. Enough!

Once again those who were really responsible, the Derderians and the West Warwick Fire Marshal, escaped with a slap on the wrist and innocents like the speaker manufacturers and bus companies have to contribute to a nice pool of money most of which will go to the sharks and little will go to the victims. That's the American way.

This is crazy greed.....I hear about these lawsuits....I hear about the memorial funds...What I dont hear is these Victims and family members who lost loved ones trying to change the laws so to prevent in the future the actual persons who were responsible for this horrible tradgity not be able to get away with this in the future..Like the Fire Inspector....Exactly why he wasnt charged is still unclear to me, but if it is something in the law that can be changed so this doesnt happen ever again why arent you fihting for these laws to be changed......................

This is ridiculous. How far does the chain of liability stretch? Reminds me of "This is the House that Jack Built":

This is the foam that burned the nightclub...
These are the fireworks that burned the foam...
This is the manager that set off the fireworks that burned the foam...
This is the bus company that operated the bus that carried the manager who (etc.)...
This is the company that made the bus...
This is the town that owned the road...
This is the company that paved the road...
This is the company that made the paving machine...
This is the company that made the steel that made the machine...
This is the company that mined the ore that made the steel...

They should also sue themselves because at some point this list will reach everyone on the planet.