Omega Flex, Inc. OFLX today announced that the Company secured a successful federal jury verdict in American Automobile Insurance Company a/s/o Kostecki v. Omega
Flex, Inc. The case involved an April 2010 lightning fire to a house in High
Ridge, Missouri. The homeowners' insurance company, American Automobile
Insurance Company (AAIC), sued OmegaFlex alleging that lightning burned a hole
through the Company's TracPipe corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) and
caused a fire. The jury unanimously found for OmegaFlex on all counts and
awarded AAIC nothing in damages.
The case involved a lightning strike to a tree near a home. AAIC alleged that
the lightning energy travelled from the tree into the house and burned a hole
through the TracPipe CSST, releasing gas and causing a fire. OmegaFlex proved
that AAIC's claims were false and, in fact, the damage to the CSST pipe was
caused after the fire had already started. The jury unanimously found that
OmegaFlex was not negligent in designing, testing, and manufacturing TracPipe
and that TracPipe is not a defective product.
After years of use by millions of homeowners the evidence proves TracPipe CSST
is not uniquely susceptible to damage from a lightning current that may enter
a home. In fact, CSST has a superior overall safety record as compared to
other appliances or equipment. OmegaFlex will continue to vigorously defend
itself against frivolous claims about the safety of its products.
About TracPipe® CounterStrike® CSST
TracPipe^® CounterStrike^® from Omega Flex, Inc. is designed to be more
resistant to damage from transient electrical arcing than conventional gas
piping materials. In a lightning strike, the electrical energy of the
lightning can energize all electrical and mechanical components in a building.
This electrical energy, in attempting to reach ground, may arc between systems
that have different electrical potential, and arcing can cause damage to any
of these systems. TracPipe^® CounterStrike^® is designed with an electrically
conductive jacket to dissipate this energy, protecting the gas-carrying
stainless steel core.
About Omega Flex, Inc.
Established in 1975, Omega Flex, Inc. is the pre-eminent international
producer of flexible metallic piping products. With more than 90 patents
registered worldwide, OmegaFlex supplies proprietary products for a broad
number of applications and markets, which include primary steel production,
semi-conductor, medical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, residential,
residential and commercial construction, and power generation.
OmegaFlex®, TracPipe®, CounterStrike® and AutoFlare® are registered trademarks
of Omega Flex, Inc. All rights reserved. For more informa
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