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Lawsuit Filed Against NIPSCO For March 2009 Gas Explosion

By Scott Sarvay
June 18, 2010 Updated Feb 10, 2010 at 12:15 PM EST FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - According to our partner in news, the Journal Gazette, a Fort Wayne man is suing NIPSCO for negligence in the death of his wife. Michael Betancourt alleges NIPSCO was negligent when it did not respond properly to the report of a smell of gas in his home on Corto Calle Street last March. The explosion sent 55-year-old Janice Betancourt to Saint Joe's Burn Center, where she died a six-weeks later.
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