Legal Opinion
In Re MGM Grand Hotel Fire Litigation
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided August 12, 1983No. MDL 453PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BECHTLE, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION AND FACTS
On Friday, November 21,1980, at approximately 7:00 A.M., a fire broke out in the delicatessen at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fire spread through the casino and caused heavy smoke and toxic gases to fill the twenty-six story high-rise. Approximately 3,400 registered guests and a number of hotel employees were in the hotel on the morning of the fire. As a result of the fire and heavy smoke and gases, eighty-four persons died in various locations in the casino and hotel. Sixty-one fatalities were…
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