Moore, et al. v. El Paso Natural Gas Co., et al., United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, cause no CIV 00-663.

Our clients were horribly injured in a gas plant explosion because the plant, the designers of the plant and the manufacturer of a valve failed to spend $100 on a safety device that would have prevented the back flow of gas during routine maintenance.  All three men suffered third degree burns over a majority of their bodies, dislocated and sprained limbs, had gravel embedded in their skin and lost some of their hearing.  The "cryogenics" plant where the explosion occurred was a maze of pipes and equipment, so our challenge in this case was coming up with a way to describe this complicated operation to jurors with no experience in such a place.  The schematics necessary to understanding how the explosion occurred were difficult to follow even with the help of an expert in gas plant operations.  Our firm reduced the confusing schematics and photographs to visuals in a PowerPoint presentation that made the case much more understandable.

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