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Propane and the Law

Legal analysis for propane businesses, covering liability, litigation, contracts and regulatory compliance issues.

  • Settlement Reached in North Dakota Snow Load Suit

    Cooperative settles in propane leak explosion caused by accumulation of snow & ice
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  • Montana Court Sends Propane Grill Case to Jury

    A jury will decide who is liable in a propane leak fire that injured two
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  • Illegal New York Gas System Results in Criminal Convictions: Part 2

    Building owner, contractor & plumber pay the price for negligence & conscious mismanagement
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  • Illegal New York Gas System Results in Criminal Convictions: Part 1

    Exploring the tragic consequences of negligence & conscious mismanagement in a heavily populated environment
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  • Heritage Propane & Diocese of El Paso Not Liable for Explosion at 4-H Booth

    Texas court affirms defense verdict in festival booth explosion suit
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  • Technology & the Retailer’s Duty: Part 2

    A gas leak & a subsequent explosion challenges natural gas providers’ scope of responsibility
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  • Technology and the Retailer’s Duty: Part 1

    With new innovations, plaintiff lawyers challenge propane retailers to take increasing responsibility for customers’ safety
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  • Georgia Court Affirms Dismissal of Red Tag Case

    Lawsuit against Atlanta Gas Light dismissed after a natural gas explosion in a rental home
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  • Looking Back: FerrellGas & the Florida Gas Grill Arbitration

    The matter involved a flash fire at a customer’s home.
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  • Remembering The New London School Explosion

    In 1937, Walter Cronkite, then a cub reporter for United Press International, surveyed the scene of an explosion in New London, Texas. Cronkite went on to win fame as a war correspondent covering World War II in Europe and later as a national network news anchor back in the United States. But he remembered the event many years later, saying, “I did nothing in my studies nor in my life to prepare me for a story of the magnitude of that New London tragedy, nor has any story since that awful day equaled it.” The main building at the New London School had been destroyed in a natural gas explosion. At least 294 people, mostly students, were killed. Hundreds more were injured. The tragedy is…
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