McLane | Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh natural gas company avers that it was not negligent and did not fail to turn off the gas supply to a Penn Hills building, which a lawsuit brought against it charges exacerbated the effect of a structure fire which took place at the property.
The Travelers Indemnity Company of America and Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America of Hartford, Conn., Churchill Center, LLC of Pittsburgh and Big Shot Bob’s Penn Hills, LLC of Penn Hills first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Feb. 16 versus Peoples Natural Gas Company, LLC and Peoples Gas Company, LLC, both of Pittsburgh.