Explosion and fire cases are complex, technical and expensive. Experience is essential.
Pacific Gas & Electric Company will be involved as a defendant in the San Bruno explosion litigation. PG&E is a utility company regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. PG&E, undoubtedly, has already assembled its team of experts to examine the physical evidence and to offer opinions about the cause and origin of the explosion.
PG&E and its retained experts will attempt to divert blame to other potential defendants, including excavation companies that previously worked in the area of the explosion, and perhaps companies that manufactured the pipes or performed welding to install the pipes. PG&E may also blame the City of San Bruno, and there is a more limited time to file a claim against a public entity.
Attorneys for the victims of the San Bruno explosion and fire must rapidly assemble a sophisticated team of expert witnesses to combat PG&E’s team. Your lawyer not only has to know who to select but also has to have the financial resources to retain and work with the experts during the case. This usually costs thousands of dollars. It is imperative that such action is timely, as physical evidence can disappear.
Abramson Smith Waldsmith, LLP has extensive experience with explosion and fire cases in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its personal injury lawyers are equipped to represent the victims of the San Bruno explosion and fire because:
- Abramson Smith Waldsmith, LLP has a familiarity and expertise with the causes and origins of pipeline explosions and fires, remaining current on pipeline failures caused by out-of-specification polyethylene pipes, inadequate pipe thickness, inadequate mechanical pipe couplings, welding, improper training to identify and classify outdoor leaks, etc. For instance, see the NTSB report of the Rancho Cordova natural gas explosion in 2008.
- The attorneys of Abramson Smith Waldsmith, LLP have successfully resolved other cases against PG&E on behalf of injured plaintiffs.
- The attorneys of Abramson Smith Waldsmith, LLP have a reputation with PG&E and the defense bar which provides their clients with a heightened level of credibility.
- The attorneys of Abramson Smith Waldsmith, LLP have the experience necessary to select the right expert team immediately to ensure the crucial physical evidence is examined, evaluated and preserved.
- Abramson Smith Waldsmith, LLP has the financial resources to do what is necessary to develop a case in the manner that gives victims the best chance of maximizing monetary compensation.
There is no substitute for experience. The attorneys of Abramson Smith Waldsmith, LLP have represented plaintiffs in nearly every major explosion and fire case in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1975.
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