Family of Explosion Victim Receives Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit
By Richard Seward
Published on April 06, 2007
According to the settlement, reached on April 5, 2007, the wife and children of Victor Rodriguez will be paid $8.4 million in damages by the owner of the pipeline – Kinder Morgan Energy Partners – and subcontractor Comforce.
In November 2004, five workers died when a backhoe driver struck a natural gas pipeline, sparking an explosion.
As a result of the accident, settlements ranging from $275,000 to $25 million have been paid to more than a dozen injured workers and families of victims who perished in the blast.
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