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Feds Investigate Texas Plant Fire That Killed 1
Posted on 11 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

HOUSTON - (AP) Federal and state officials are investigating what caused a fire that killed one worker at a natural gas liquid plant east of Houston, a facility that since 2004 has paid thousands of dollars in fines for serious violations that included... Read More

Tags: OSHA , fire , liquid plant , violations , Houston , Mont Belvieu , Rick Shaw , Texas City , refinery , Natural gas , Enterprise Products , plant fire , oil , ruptured pipeline , Occupational Safety and Health Administration , Litigation , Gulf Coast , BP

Lawsuit: Farmers Hasn't Paid California Wildfire Claims
Posted on 18 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES - (AP) A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Farmers Group Inc. of refusing to pay claims to policyholders whose homes were damaged by last summer's massive Station Fire near Los Angeles. The suit, which claims breach of contract and unfair... Read More

Tags: Brian Kabateck , Damages , fire , Farmers Group Inc. , Northridge earthquake , Altadena , Station Fire , Angeles National Forest , wildfires , Insurance , forest fire , Los Angeles

Lawsuit Filed In Fatal Propane Stove Fire
Posted on 28 Apr 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PORTLAND Ore. – (AP) Relatives of an Oregon couple who died in 2008 after propane from a newly installed stove ignited in their eastern Oregon vacation home are suing the companies that installed the stove and the fuel tank. The lawsuit filed in... Read More

Tags: fire , propane , Litigation , lawsuit