Article: Oconomowoc renter wants payback from Dorner

If the insurance company's lawsuit fails, the man who rented an Oconomowoc home that blew up in an April 2008 gas explosion says he will take on Dorner Inc. himself.

"Even if it's only $10,000 or $5,000, whatever, you know?" said Thomas Lemieux, who rented the house. "Just the simple fact of some satisfaction so I don't look back 20 years from now and say, 'They burned down my house and did nothing.'"

Lemieux is one of three Oconomowoc residents involved in a State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. lawsuit against Luxemburg-based Dorner, its insurer and We Energies. In April 2008, Dorner broke an underground natural gas pipe owned by We Energies, and the leaking gas ignited, blowing up and destroying ...

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