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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: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/northwestern_sued_again_for_bozeman_explosion1/16495/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: BOZEMAN – NorthWestern Energy is facing another lawsuit stemming from a natural-gas explosion last year that killed one woman and destroyed half a city block. Steve Zabel, who owns Montana Trails Gallery, says the energy company and its senior manager of gas system integrity knew or should have known that a threaded connector in the service line behind the gallery was substandard and could fail. Zabel's art gallery was destroyed in the blast.

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