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Multnomah County Jury Awards Millions In 2016 Gas Explosion Verdict

(Multnomah County, OR) - A verdict is reached in the 2016 gas explosion that caused over 17-million dollars in property damage and injuries to several people. A Multnomah County jury awarded millions to two of the people hurt. Salon worker Kristen Prentice will receive more than four-million-dollars and an employee of NW Natural will get over one-million-dollars. Loy Clark Pipeline Company must also pay more than four-million-dollars in punitive damages after the jury found the company was "consciously indifferent" to community safety.

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