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Poor water service for fire fighting: PUC jurisdiction
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1982.tb04881.x
Subject(s) - jurisdiction , damages , firefighting , commission , law , business , service (business) , fire protection , federal jurisdiction , political science , public administration , engineering , civil engineering , geography , marketing , cartography
After a fire destroyed two businesses when the fire department experienced water supply and pressure problems, the owners sued the Western Pennsylvania Water Company and were awarded damages. However, a Pennsylvania appellate court ruled that the Public Utility Commission rather than the courts had jurisdiction to hear the case initially.