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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: /articles/article/bar_owner_sues_northwestern_over_bozeman_blast14015/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: BOZEMAN – The owner of a downtown Bozeman bar has filed the seventh lawsuit against NorthWestern Energy over a deadly March 5 natural gas explosion. Ralph Ferraro's Rocking R Bar was heavily damaged by the blast and ensuing fire that destroyed half a city block. He filed the lawsuit in Gallatin County District Court on Wednesday, alleging the utility company and Leonard Leveaux, NorthWestern's manager of gas system integrity, knew or should have known that pipes in the downtown area were old and susceptible to cracking.