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Litigation

Sep. 12, 2013

San Bruno deadly gas explosion cases near closure

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s agreements help bring closure to a 2010 pipeline explosion that killed eight San Bruno residents and destroyed 38 homes.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has settled "substantially all" lawsuits against it related to a 2010 pipeline explosion that killed eight San Bruno residents and destroyed 38 homes.


In a regulatory document filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, PG&E vice president Linda Y.H. Cheng said the utility giant will pay $110 million to settle remaining lawsuits filed after t...

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