On Dec. 31, 1986, a fire was set by disgruntled employees of the DuPont Plaza Hotel who were in the middle of a labor dispute with the owners of the hotel. The subsequent, tort-based litigation resulted in the filing of 264 suits in federal and state court for injuries and 97 deaths against more than 250 defendants. This program will endeavor to review the important procedural and logistical steps taken during this historic litigation by having a panel discussion with the core attorneys who worked on this case as well as Judge Raymond L. Acosta of the District of Puerto Rico.
1 CLE Credit Hour
This program was recorded on September 26, 2013, at Federal Bar's Annual Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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