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February 2007

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Legal Spotlight

FBT litigators defend foam manufacturers connected to Rhode Island club disaster

At around 11:00 p.m. on February 20, 2003, rock and roll band "Great White" took the stage at an overcrowded West Warwick, Rhode Island nightclub called "The Station." Great White announced its presence with a pyrotechnic display which immediately ignited building materials and polyurethane packing foam which the club owners had illegally applied to the walls and ceiling of the club in response to neighborhood noise complaints.

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