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More settlements reported in fatal club fire
Speaker maker, two bus companies to pay total of $1.3 million
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A speaker maker and two bus companies have agreed to tentative settlements stemming from a fire at a Rhode Island nightclub that killed 100 people.
Court papers filed Wednesday show the companies agreed to pay a combined $1.3 million to fire survivors and families of victims of the 2003 fire at The Station in West Warwick.
Tentative settlements in the case now total more than $70 million.
A pyrotechnics display for the band Great White started the fire. The band used speakers from JBL Inc. that a lawsuit alleged had flammable foam inside. JBL says it will pay $815,000.
ABC Bus Leasing Inc. and Superstar Services, which leased buses for band members and the fireworks, have agreed to pay a combined $500,000.
None of the companies admit wrongdoing.
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