CINCINNATI (ENQUIRER) - Stanley M. Chesley , a former trial lawyer from Cincinnati who rose to prominence after representing victims of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire but was later disbarred for defrauding millions of dollars from his clients , has died, sources confirmed to The Enquirer.

He was 89.

Chesley’s legal career skyrocketed when he served as the plaintiffs’ attorney after the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in 1977, which killed 165 people in the Northern Kentucky town of Southgate. He made a rare move to sue the entire aluminum electrical wire industry and won a $49 million settlement ($207 million adjusted for inflation). His success in the case made him a legal trailblazer and coined the term “enterprise liability.”

After a 53-year career during which he became kno

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