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BECKER v. CENTRAL TELEPHONE AND UTILITIES CORPORATION

No. CIV 73-4003.

365 F.Supp. 984 (1973)

E. G. BECKER, d/b/a Rent-It-Center, and Employer's Commercial Union Insurance Company, Plaintiffs, v. CENTRAL TELEPHONE AND UTILITIES CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, S. D.

October 23, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deming Smith and Michael F. Pieplow, of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, and Joe W. Cadwell, of Braithwaite & Cadwell, Sioux Falls, S. D., for plaintiffs.

John L. Morgan and John F. Cogley, of Morgan & Fuller, Mitchell, S. D., for defendant Central Telephone & Utilities Corp.

A. D. Sommervold, of Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, Sioux Falls, S. D., for defendant Black & Veatch Consulting Engineers.

Donald J. Porter, of Martens, Goldsmith, May, Porter & Adam, Pierre, S. D., for defendant Hood Corp.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

NICHOL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs recovered judgment against defendants Hood Corporation (a contractor), Central Telephone & Utilities Corporation (Cengas, a utility which distributes gas), and Black & Veatch Consulting Engineers. Plaintiffs recovered for property damage caused by an explosion of gas which leaked from a Cengas pipeline. The pipeline was installed in 1968; the explosion occurred in 1971. All defendants were found...

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