On December 29th in Michigan a man and a woman were killed in an explosion that occurred in a furniture store. The families of the two victims have filed a wrongful death suit against Consumers Energy, who supplied the gas to the furniture store and the surrounding neighborhood. Each family is seeking damages of at least $25,000.

The wrongful death case claims that Consumers Energy had taken two different calls from neighbors in the area complaining about the bad gas smell. These calls occurred at 6:40 and 7:40 am. Even after the calls were made there was no attempt to evacuate the neighborhood. At around 9 am that morning an explosion in the furniture store occurred. The explosion trapped the store owner and killed two of his employees.

The lawyers in this case state that  Consumers Energy violated a section of the Michigan Public Service Commission’s Michigan Gas Safety Standards that says, “If the investigation reveals a hazardous situation, then the operator shall take immediate action to evacuate, repair or isolate the facilities involved to reduce any danger to the public.”

Because they did not do this, Consumers Energy should be held responsible for their negligence that ended in the death of two and the hospitalization and burning of another.

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