WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT
IN NORTHEAST OHIO, THE FAMILY OF THE CLEVELAND MAN WHO DIED AFTER AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT THE RAINBOW TERRACE APARTMENTS HAS FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT.
THIS LAWSUIT COMES AFTER INVESTIGATORS WERE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE OF THAT EXPLOSION AND NOW THE FAMILY OF A FATHER OF TWO WHO DIED IN THAT BLAST IS SUING ENBRIDGE GAS AND OTHERS. A 31-YEAR-OLD CORDELL SHEFFIELD WAS SEVERELY BURNED IN THE EXPLOSION LAST JUNE AND HE DIED JUST DAYS LATER. HIS FAMILY'S LAWSUIT CLAIMS A GAS LINE INSTALLED BACK IN 1959 HAD SEVERELY CORRODED AND LACKED PROTECTIVE COATING. IT ALSO CLAIMS THAT ENBRIDGE SPENT ABOUT FOUR MINUTES INSPECTING THE LINE 3 WEEKS BEFORE THE BLAST BUT FOUND NO LEAK.