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Lawsuit for PTSD Damages Related

to Residence Fire Settled Before Trial

amages claims, after operated a natural gas line af- home was on fire. The traumatic
a fire or explosion-re- ter an explosion destroyed their situation was compounded by
lated incident at a home shortly before Christmas the fact that one daughter was
Dresidence or commer- The family escaped without trapped in her bedroom Fortu-
cial property, can include not physical injury but claimed the nately, her father was able to
only claims for physical injury incident caused each of them break the bedroom door down
and economic damages, but to suffer from post-traumatic and the family escaped just
also emotional or psychologi- stress disorder The lawsuit was as the fire spread throughout
cal damages A case in point resolved before trial when the the entire home and the walls
involved a New Jersey family gas company agreed to pay started “to crumble ” Thankful-
who brought a lawsuit against $850,000 to settle the case ly, none of the family suffered
the company that owned and Although the lawsuit involved physical injuries from the fire or
a natural the escape from the home, but
The Smart Choice gas leak, it is all claimed severe and per-
clearly anal-
manent psychological injuries
ogous to pro- related to the incident
pane-related Although details of how the
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Integral family of four that serviced their home The
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the terrifying pany was negligent because
realization it did not conduct adequate
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