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Multiple class action lawsuits were filed for negligence and destruction of property; these were eventually all settled by Columbia Gas for $143 million in July 2019. The settlement included $80 million for the affected communities, and a separate payment to the family of the deceased. [34]
Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, the assumed name of Bay State Gas Company, was a supplier of retail natural gas to over 300,000 customers in parts of Massachusetts surrounding Springfield, Brockton, and Lawrence. It was a subsidiary of NiSource. The company's operations in New Hampshire and Maine were sold to Unitil Corporation in 2008.
Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland, has added the state's largest natural gas utility to its $51.5 billion climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies over their role in the region's ...
October 17 – 18 people inside a supermarket in South Charleston, West Virginia were hurt when gas from a leaking Columbia Gas line exploded. One Columbia Gas worker was also hurt. The lack of communication from the Columbia crew working on the gas line to the store Manager was cited as a contributing factor. [79]
The lawsuit did not specify a dollar figure but Columbia city officials have estimated the cost to upgrade the municipal waterworks with a PFAS-filtering system could top $150 million.
The new lawsuit being brought against gas station owner Rick Chow by the family of Cyrus Carmack-Belton is in addition to criminal charges Chow is already facing.
Air: regulation of greenhouse gas emissions: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia: 2012 Vatican Radio lawsuit: Electromagnetic radiation: health effects from non-ionizing radiation: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
A lawsuit claims Columbia failed to maintain the fire hydrants, leading to nearly $5 million in damage that the suit says the city should pay.