Taking precautions when attending site inspections
October 19, 2015 By John McCoy
For those of you who have provided propane or performed services to an account that sustained a fire…
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Recordkeeping helps exonerate propane marketer in house-fire lawsuit
August 24, 2015 By John McCoy and LP Gas
A new home was built in South Carolina in early 1999. As part of an installation, a propane marketer…
Read More City exposed to potential liability by not moving residents during leak
June 14, 2015 By John McCoy and LP Gas
In the case of Oden v. City of Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals determined that the city…
Read More Court dismisses lawsuit against marketer based on Missouri statute
March 29, 2015 By John McCoy and LP Gas
In the case of Wilmes v. Consumer’s Oil Inc. in Nodaway County, Mo., the trial judge dismissed the…
Read More Court changes Pennsylvania process for determining product defects
February 5, 2015 By John McCoy and LP Gas
In Tincher v. Omega Flex, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision issued Nov. 19, the state court changed the…
Read More Court allows expert opinion that goes against earlier testimony in case
November 25, 2014 By John McCoy and LP Gas
There are fact witnesses, physical evidence and expert testimony in the form of opinion. Experts are asked to…
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Legal-theory scenario leads court to dismiss gas company from CSST case
September 24, 2014 By John McCoy and LP Gas
Our office was recently involved in a Connecticut case over allegations that corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) manufactured…
Read More Legal, safety issues brought to forefront in aftermath of fatal accident
August 20, 2014 By John McCoy and LP Gas
An explosion at the Sunrise Propane industrial facility Aug. 10, 2008, in North York, Ontario, Canada, killed two…
Read More Decision in Colorado offers road map for building defensible case
July 26, 2014 By John McCoy and LP Gas
In the case of Safeco Insurance v. Plateau Heating & Air Conditioning, et al., Colorado became the first…
Read More Consider customer contracts that account for allocation situations
May 17, 2014 By John McCoy and LP Gas
As I write this article, we are seeing the last remnants of a recent snowfall melt away outside…
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