Cook v. Allegheny Housing Rehabilitation Corp.

COLVILLE, J,

SECOND AMENDED OPINION

The relevant factual history of this case may be briefly stated as follows. On January 17, 2003, an explosion occurred at an apartment building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The explosion was allegedly caused by a natural gas leak from a section of pipes and/or valves owned, controlled and maintained by the defendant, Equitable Gas Company. It is the belief and assertion of the plaintiffs that a cracked valve on one of Equitable’s underground distribution pipes permitted gas to leak from the *147service pipe and migrate outside the designed distribution system,…