East Bay Municipal Utility District Authority

Contra Costa, CA: (Apr-05-07) The Walnut Creek pipeline explosion in 2004 killed five men who were constructing a water main for the East Bay Municipal Utility District Authority. Matamoros Welding employee Israel Hernandez was one of the men killed. As companies involved in the explosion are settling lawsuits with the deceased's families, Hernandez' daughters stand in line to receive an $8 million settlement from the EBMUD. He had a daughter in Mexico, Mariel Hernandez, now 19, and two other daughters, now 4 and 6, from a second relationship in California. Superior Court Judge David Flinn divided the total settlement by ordering that the local Hernandez daughters receive $7.82 million and Mariel Hernandez receive $180,000. Mariel Hernandez refused to settle, claiming that since she hadn't seen her father since she was 4, she deserved much more as her share of the settlement. [CONTRA COSTA TIMES: PIPELINE EXPLOSION]

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Published on Apr-10-07