Information and Insights surrounding the Law and the Rights of Accident Victims and their Families
Information and Insights surrounding the Law and the Rights of Accident Victims and their Families
TV reporter Jean Elle interviewed me in my office, noting that the San Bruno blast is "eerily similar" to the Santa Rosa explosion and fire that I handled some years ago. She then put some hard questions to PG&E and got nothing back but double-talk.
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Political leaders are calling for PG&E to install on its gas lines automatic shut-off valves to prevent or mitigate future gas line disasters.
Sounds like a good idea. Here’s an interesting snippet from a report of the NTSB, the agency that is investigating the San Bruno gas explosion:
The Safety Board believes that had an
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The google map below shows the spot where the pipeline exploded. It also shows the asphalt patches placed on the street surface by a San Francisco firm (D’Arcy and Harty) after it completed sewer work in May 2008.
Before a contractor digs in the street, PG&E is supposed to mark on the street with spray paint the location of its gas…
Hearing about the San Bruno explosion brought back memories of another PG&E explosion that killed two, injured three others, and destroyed an apartment building in Santa Rosa. In fact, the Wall Street Journal even mentioned that explosion in its article discussing the San Bruno blaze.
I spent 4 years prosecuting the case against PG&E on behalf…