![]() After capping a gas line behind the stove and inspecting the furnace in the attic, the representative examined the gas meter. The representative testified that he left another copy of this warning on the gas meter. The AGL representative said that during his visit, he gave a “warning card” to the acquaintance, who testified that she did not recall giving the warning card to the property owner but that she may have left it at the property. The owner of the property was not home, but an acquaintance of the owner who testified that she was there specifically to meet with the field representative was present. On October 22, an AGL field representative visited the property. In anticipation of his coworker’s residence in the apartment, the property owner contacted AGL about the resumption of gas services. At some point after having the gas services stopped, the owner agreed to rent the detached apartment to his coworker. Sometime prior to the explosion, the owner had arranged for gas service at both the main house and the apartment to be switched off, since the apartment was unoccupied at the time, and the family did not use gas in the main residence. The explosion at issue occurred in November 2010 at a detached apartment located on a residential tract of land that included a main house where the owner of the property lived with his family. In this case, the Georgia Court of Appeals had to determine whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the Atlanta Gas Light Company (“AGL”) in a case involving an explosion at a residence where there had recently been a resumption of natural gas services. If the gas company turns off the gas, puts a tag on the valve that says danger and tells you not to turn it on, you cannot sue them when the handyman you hire turns it on. ![]() This Court of Appeals opinion is a good example of a lawyer overreaching. ![]() We make a business out of holding the correct parties responsible under the law the CORRECT parties, not suing everyone that can be sued. Terrible tragedies can happen and it is not always someone else’s fault.
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