Traffic Control Worker Sues Companies in S.F. Gas Explosion
KQED By: Ted Goldberg August 28, 2019 An Oakland man hired to help direct traffic around a fiber optic cable installation project, which became the scene of an underground natural gas line rupture, explosion and fire in San Francisco earlier this year, is suing three firms linked to the project. A lawyer for Robert […]
State Workplace Regulators Cite Firm In S.F. Gas Pipeline Explosion
KQED News By: Ted Goldberg State workplace regulators say a construction company hired for a fiber optic cable installation job in San Francisco’s Inner Richmond neighborhood committed a series of safety infractions before an employee dug into an underground natural gas line in February, setting off a major explosion and fire. This week, California’s Division of […]
First Lawsuit Filed Regarding San Francisco Gas Line Fire
Ara Jabagchourian was interviewed outside the courthouse in San Francisco regarding the filing of the first lawsuit associated with the February 6, 2019 gas line explosion and fire that burned 5 buildings.
SF residents sue contractors, Verizon over Inner Richmond gas line explosion, 3-alarm fire
San Francisco Examiner February 20, 2019 Two San Francisco residents filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the construction company and contractors involved in a gas line rupture that caused a three-alarm fire earlier this month on Geary Boulevard. According to the suit, plaintiffs Carina Kouyoumji and Nora Wixom are suing Mastec Services Company Inc.; Mastec Renewables […]
Lawsuit Filed In San Francisco Gas Line Explosion
Ara Jabagchourian was interviewed regarding the recent lawsuit filed regarding the gas line explosion in San Francisco at Geary and Parker that destroyed 5 buildings.
Lawyers in shooting range explosion case say no more testimony needed
Lawyers in shooting range explosion case say no more testimony needed By Lewis Griswold The Fresno Bee A trial about whether jail inmates injured in a fatal gas line explosion in Fresno County should be classified as county employees resumed Wednesday in Fresno, but no witnesses took the stand as originally planned. Instead of having […]
Once-secret trial probing 2015 PG&E explosion at sheriff’s range, now open to public
Once-secret trial probing 2015 PG&E explosion at sheriff’s range, now open to public The Fresno Bee By Pablo Lopez A trial that Fresno County wanted to keep closed to the public began Thursday with a former inmate testifying that he was working without compensation when he was severely injured in the 2015 PG&E pipeline explosion […]
The Bee wins right to cover PG&E explosion trial Fresno County wanted closed
The Fresno Bee July 26, 2018 A workers compensation trial probing a 2015 PG&E pipeline explosion at the Fresno County Sheriff’s Foundation shooting range that left one jail inmate dead and 12 others injured will be open to the public when it resumes on Aug. 16, a judge ruled this week in rejecting Fresno County’s […]