IN RE: Fire Disaster at MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 21, 1980

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SUOIIAL PANEL BH g cen
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BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION HAY -5 13 i
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IN RE FIRE DISASTER AT MGM GRAND HOTEL - LAS VEGAS, nevEBARCHeA ais	ON NOVEMBER 21, 1980 CLERR OF Thi PAwst
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TRANSFER ORDER 5/5/81
This litigation consists of 52 actions pending in eight Po IC
districts as follows: Co
District of Nevada 22 : SY
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 20 i
Southern District of New York 3 ’
Central District of California 2
Eastern District of Louisiana 2
Eastern District of New York 1 .
Eastern District of Michigan 1 RT
Northern District of Ohio 1 : EE :
Presently before the Panel are two motions -- one brought Co ’
by defendants MGM Grand Hotels, Inc. and MGM Grand Hotel - Co
Las Vegas, Inc. and one brought by plaintiffs in eighteen : :of the 22 actions pending in the District of Nevada~' --
to transfer, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407, all actions to
the District of Nevada for coordinated or consolidated pretrial ’ CLproceedings .= Cl :
On the basis of the papers filed and the hearing held,
the Panel finds that these actions involve common questions
of fact and that centralization of these actions under Section .
1407 in the District of Nevada will best serve the convenience
of the parties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient :
conduct of the litigation. All actions share numerous factual
questions concerning the cause or causes of the MGM Grand oo - -
Hotel fire and the manner in which it spread. Centralization co
under Section 1407 is therefore necessary in order to prevent
duplication of discovery, avoid inconsistent pretrial rulings,
and conserve the resources of the parties, their counsel
and the judiciary.
1/ The Nevada plaintiffs inadvertently included an antitrust CL
action -- Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. v. MGM Corporation, -- a
C.D. California, C.A. No. CV80-5527-WPG -- in their motion : . :
for transfer. This action is not related to the Las Vegas ET, oC
fire disaster and accordingly it is excluded from the transfer Co To
ordered herein.
2/ In addition, the Panel has been advised that numerous
other related actions are now pending in federal district
courts. These actions will be treated as potential tag-along :
actions. See Rules 1, 9 and 10, R.P.J.P.M.L., 78 F.R.D. oo
561, 562, 567-69 (1978). RE oo

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C The District of Nevada, where the disaster which isthe subject of this litigation occurred, is clearly the
preferable transferee district. Eyewitnesses and physical
evidence	.of the fire, as well as many of the documents relating
to the planning and construction of the MGM Grand Hotel,
are located in Las Vegas.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§1407, the actions listed on the attached Schedule A and
pending in districts other than the District of Nevada be,
and the same hereby are, transferred to the District of
Nevada and, with the consent of that court, assigned to
the Honorable Louis Charles Bechtle from the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania, sitting in the District of Nevada pursuant
to an intercircuit assignment under 28 U.S.C. §292(d), for
coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings with the
actions pending there and listed on Schedule A.
FOR THE PANEL:
Andrew A. Caffrey
C " Chatrman

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SCHEDULE A
0 MDL-453 —— In re Fire Disaster at MGM Grand Hotel — Las Vegas, Nevada,
on November 21, 1980
Eastern District of Pennsylvania }
Victoria Ann Berry, et al., etc. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4662
Lucian E. Black, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4663
Alvin Boardley, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4664
Clifton Cain v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4665
Frank Cooke, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
.C.A. No. 80-4666
Leroy Daniels v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4667
John Dillon, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4663
Deborah Green v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4669
Robert Greene v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4670
© Elwood F. Gunther v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4671
@ Joseph S. Kane, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc., := C.A. No. 80-4672
James T. Moock, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4673
St. Clair O. Parson, Sr., et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4674 :
: Dolores Roberts v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4675
Marvin M. Robinson, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4676
James Traynor, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4677
Aaron Washington v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4678
Joseph Weiner, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4679
Arthur Wilson v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4680 -
Barbara Sutton v. MGM Grand Hotels,
C.A. No. 80-4711
District of Nevada
Wes Tassin, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc., or
C.A. No. CV-LV--80-400
Stephen J. Kohn, et al., etc. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Inc.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-404
9 American Fletcher National B&T Co., etc. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc.,	- C.A. No. CV-LV-80-405

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Schedule -- p.2
Jeffrey Brett, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc., et al.,
é C.A. No. CV-LV-80-406
Wayne Bailey, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Inc.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-403
Don Ford, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, }
C.A. No. CV-LV-81-45
Jorge Suarez, et al., etc. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc., etc.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-410
Gladys Cheramie Guidry, etc., et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc., et al.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-424
Herman Paul Cheramie, et al. v., MGM Grand Hotel, Inc., et al.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-423
Rosemary Soda Gallagher v. MGM Grand Hotel, Inc., et al.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-421 : :
William D. Larson, Ger-Fei Tang v. MGM Grand Hotel, Inc., etc.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-411
Richard Allan Lauranzo, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Inc., etc.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-418 i
Simon Torres Rodriguez, et al. v. MGM Grand Corp., et al.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-413 :
David Asher, Sr., etc. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Inc.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-425
Ivan Edwards, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Inc.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-427
Maria Carmen Prieto, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Inc.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-428 J
@ Rosa Maria Martinez, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Inc. et al.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-433 So
Harry J. Sanders, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Inc., !C.A. No. CV-LV-80-434
Donald Andrews, etc. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Inc.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-80-435 |
Leona Julia Moody v. MGM Grand Hotel,
C.A. No. CV-LV-81-78
Sam Kushner, et al. v. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, Inc., et al.,
C.A. No. CV-LV-81-193 :
Michael Pantelis, et al. wv. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, Inc., et al.,C.A. No. CV-LV-81-183
Central District of California
Beth Ann Thompson, et al., etc. v. MGM Grand Hotel, etc., |C.A. No. CV80-5799-MRP :
Stephen M. Knick, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotels, Inc., et al.,
C.A. No. CV80-5547-DVK
Eastern District of Michigan :
Carol D. Beall, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, etc.,
C.A. No. 80-74450 ‘ud
Eastern District of Louisiana :
Wess Tassin, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80-4714
June Scott, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Inc., | .
® C.A. No. 80-4893 J

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Schedule -- p.3
Southern District of New York
é Phillip D. Austin, et al. v., MGM Grand Hotels, Inc., et al.,	C.A. No. 80 Civ 6919
. Gay Ann Bono, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Inc., et al.,
C.A. No. 80 Civ 7134
Ida Vellone, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80 Civ 6853
Northern District of Ohio Co -
Robert H. Sidler	v. MGM Grand Hotel,
C.A. No. C-80-2298
Eastern District of New York
Martin D. Friedman, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, Inc.,
C.A. No. 80C3442

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| ooSBSIEIAL PAR on a
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BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT BITIERTION, ir Chel	0-3 199 ; SI
IN RE FIRE DISASTER AT MGM GRAND HOTEL - LAS VEGRT ai AEVADA, ON J ROT RENOVEMBER 21, 1980 PATRICIA D500 So
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CORRECTION ORDER
The Panel has been advised that the action entitled carol D.
Beall, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, etc., E.D. Michigan, C.A. No.
80-74450, was transferred to the District of Nevada, pursuant to oo SE
+ 28 U.S.C. §1404(a), by an order filed March 27, 1981. Accordingly, : a
the Transfer Order of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ~ J
filed on May 5, 1981, is CORRECTED as follows: Co
Page 1, line 1, the number "52" is CHANGED to "51"; :
Page 1, line 1, the word "eight" is CHANGED to "seven";
Page 1, line 9, the entry Lo
Eastern District of Michigan 1 EEE
is DELETED; and . Co oo
Schedule A, page 2, the entry : :
Eastern District of Michigan :
Carol D. Beall, et al. v. MGM Grand Hotel, etc., i.C.A. No. 80-74450
is DELETED.
FOR THE PANEL: .
Andrew A. hav Lo eTChairman 8