Oakland-Berkeley hills firestorm litigation : depositions and other material related to lawsuits concerning the Parkwoods Apartments, 1994

Images from Barry Mitchell Rasgon's September 8, 1994 deposition regarding the Oakland-Berkeley hills firestorm.
Images from Barry Mitchell Rasgon's September 8, 1994 deposition regarding the Oakland-Berkeley hills firestorm. Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center.

The owners of the Parkwoods Apartments were sued after the apartment complex was destroyed in the 1991 Oakland-Berkeley hills firestorm. The cases, Victor May, et al., vs. Paine Webber Properties, and David William Abilgaard, et al., vs. Paine-Webber Properties, were heard in the Alameda County Superior Court. This collection includes depositions (some with accompanying exhibits) background materials about the Parkwoods Apartments (primarily copies of original maps used in the planning and construction of the Parkwoods Apartments, and other assorted materials).

(OHC COLL 2018-6)

2 boxes (1.7 linear feet)

Go here for a more detailed list of this collection's contents. 

Available at Oakland History Center, Main Library.