“Oftentimes in explosion cases, you have federal agencies that do really thorough investigations,” Howell said. “In this one we were just told essentially, ‘It was an accidental explosion involving a shop vac.' We got nothing else.”
August 08, 2024 at 05:37 PM
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Litigation Reporter
Victims of a 2018 gas station explosion reached an $18.5 million global settlement Wednesday with a pair of companies they claimed caused the incident.
The agreement resolves claims that two companies involved in the filling and construction of the fuel storage tank that combusted ignored industry standards and their own safety protocols, leading to the death of one of the station’s co-owners and the injury of a worker.
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(l-r) Jordan Howell and Adam Pantano, with Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, and Kevin O’Brien, with Stampone O’Brien Dilsheimer. Courtesy photos
