Gas company sues contractor over damaged gas lines

YOUNGSTOWN — The Dominion East Ohio Gas Co. of Cleveland has sued Dave Sugar Excavating Inc. of Petersburg for $19,320 to cover costs of 18 incidents between May 2007 and June 2008, in which the gas company says the excavating company negligently struck and damaged gas lines.

Sugar could not be reached for comment today.

Ten of the reported incidents mentioned in the lawsuit were in Petersburg, where the excavating company was installing a $4.8 million sanitary sewer.

Six incidents were in Cortland, where the excavating company also was installing a sanitary sewer, and one each were said to have occurred in Poland and Youngstown.

The complaint was filed in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court and assigned to Judge Lou A. D’Apolito.