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From: mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan)
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Subject: Re: Massive Service Outage in Northern Illinois!
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riddle@hoss.unl.edu (Michael H. Riddle) writes:

>In the case of the cable cut, the cut did occur, the contractor was
>responsible, an ordinary contractor following the customs of the
>profession would have "done a JULIE," and then there would have been
>at least some legal protection.  One could still argue that when a
>excavator encounters an unknown obstacle, they should give it at least
>some cursory examination before using brute force to remove it.

Even if the contractor had done a "Julie", there is still no special
indemnification that the contractor receives as a result (at least,
from what I've gathered from the various postings...)

I do find it disturbing that various utility lines could be running
under your property with no apparent warning. I used to live in a
fairly rural area, thru which natural gas and petroleum pipelines ran.
Whenever you intersected either underground line with a road, there
were "posts" on both sides of the road warning you of the presence of
the pipelines.

Seems that something similar was lacking in this case.


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