Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
May 17, 2022
Trial begins Tuesday in dispute over fatal PG&E pipeline explosion
The sides agree that in November 2015, a man employed by Big N Deep Agricultural Development Inc. was operating a bulldozer that struck a PG&E gas line, incinerating him, injuring other people and damaging a nearby home. They disagree over why it happened.
Who is at fault in a deadly gas line explosion? That's the question for the potential jurors in a trial that begins Tuesday in Kern County.
The sides agree that in November 2015, a man employed by Big N Deep Agricultural Development Inc. was operating a bulldozer that struck a PG&E gas line, incinerating him, injuring other people and damaging a nearby home. They disagree over why it happened.
PG&E sued ...
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