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...Continued from page 13 cutting torch that was filled by Don’t give your customer a
the operator until the pump “good deal” by overfilling a
ed note, in April 2019 the NFPA motor “couldn’t run anymore,” container. It may be the worst
published its “Home Grill Fire Ta- because he wanted to give deal you’ll ever make.■
bles” that included data on the the customer a good deal. An
gas grill fires between 2013 and overfilled cylinder was alleged Mark is a partner in the law firm of
2017, and found an average of to have been the cause of a Conner & Winters, LLP in Tulsa, OK.
Mark has litigated cases since 1988. His
800 incidents per year where motor home fire in Wright v. practice includes representing different
the first item ignited was flam- Farmers Co-Op of Arkansas and segments of the gas fuels industry, the
vehicle rental industry, and product
mable or combustible liquids Oklahoma, 620 F.2d 694 (8th Cir. manufacturers. Mark has defended
propane retailers, wholesalers, and
or gases, leading to 30 person- 1980), and a 1000 gallon tank tank manufacturers in personal injury,
al injuries and $16,000,000 in used at a drilling site was over- wrongful death, and property dam-
age claims in twenty states, as well as
damages per year. While it is filled to 92% in T-L Drilling Co. v. provided counsel regarding regulatory
unlikely that every such incident Northern Propane Gas Co., 516 compliance matters. He has also rep-
resented gas utilities in personal injury
involved an overfilled tank, it S.W.2d 710 (Tx. Civ. App. 1974). and property damage claims.You can
does give some idea of the Retailers should be aware that contact Mike at:
mdreyer@cwlaw.com
overall number of incidents in- accidents involving overfilled
volving gas as the initial source containers can occur in many
of fire. Tune v. Synergy Gas different settings.
Corp., 883 S.W.2d 10 (Mo. 1994), What’s one possible
involved a cylinder used for a “take away” from all this?

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