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Worker Burned and Injured By Fire Wins At Trial Involving Workplace Accident - Dallas, Texas

A jury awarded a little more than $3 million to a worker who was burned in a flash fire. In 2008, Alvaro Chavez, then 52, used his cigarette lighter to check the fuel gauge on a logging loader and was engulfed in flames. Chavez blamed Gardner Oil for using gasoline-contaminated fuel instead of pure diesel fuel. Handling pure diesel is very different than handling gasoline because diesel cannot cause a flash fire. Gardner contended that it delivered pure diesel and that the flash fire was probably caused by a gasoline tank that was in the back of the truck. Chavez sustained second-degree burns to his face, neck and hands.

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Plumbing Company Pays For House Fire

A plumbing company agreed to pay $300,000 to settle claims that it was responsible for a house fire in Sugar Land. Insurance carrier Nationwide paid $350,000 to Tracy Spence after a fire ravaged her home in 2006. However, the insurer blamed Gbjs Plumbing Service, which had worked on the home prior to the fire, and sued the company for the cost of the damage. Nationwide claimed the fire started when a Gbjs plumber sweated the pipes in the home. The plumber allegedly failed to use a heat shield and the pipes' insulation caught fire. Gbjs argued the plumber was an independent contractor and not one of its employees. However, it ultimately agreed to pay the majority of Spence's claim.