R.I. Judge Orders Nightclub Owners Pay Workers’ Comp Benefits to Families of Employees Killed in Fire

March 4, 2005

  • March 4, 2005 at 4:22 am
    Nancy says:
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    Good for the judge. The RI Night Club Owners should have to pay.

  • March 5, 2005 at 5:01 am
    Robert says:
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    Greater enforcement Is needed. If all businesses carried comp, not the relatively few that are required by law to carry comp and actually do, the risk would be spread out and the rates would be lower.

  • March 7, 2005 at 11:37 am
    Bill Reed says:
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    Isn’t this just like our judicial system……look for the lowest level person to hold accountable. The city and state should be liable for damages. They are charged with the responsibility to inspect these places and make sure they’re safe. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist or engineer to see that this place was a dump. It had low ceilings, no spriklers, combustibles all over, and who knows what else. Why weren’t they required to have WC coverage before they were allowed to operate? Why didn’t a building inspector identify potential hazards here?

  • March 7, 2005 at 12:59 pm
    Veronica says:
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    It is not the fault of the families that the individuals who decided to go into business for themselves, did not do all they needed to do legally.
    The families of the victims, should not be burdened any more than they have to be. The owners of the business should do anything they need to do, short of killing anyone else, to come up with the money.
    If they do not have to pay montarily, they should do prison time!



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