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Lawyers claim cable TV and phone companies are also responsible in Maui fires

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HONOLULU (AP) — After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be key to the investigation of last month’s devastating fires on Maui, lawyers for Lahaina residents and business owners told a court Tuesday that cable TV and teleph…

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  1. Daily Journal

    Lawyers claim cable TV and phone companies also responsible in Maui fires (opens Daily Journal)

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    HONOLULU (AP) — After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be key to the investigation of last month’s devastating fires on Maui, lawyers for Lahaina residents and business owners told a court Tuesday that cable TV and teleph…

  2. KVIA El Paso

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    HONOLULU (AP) — After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be key to the investigation of last month’s devastating fires on Maui, lawyers for Lahaina residents and business owners told a court Tuesday that cable TV and teleph…

  3. News Nation Now

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    The lawyers said the cables were attached in a way that put too much tension on the poles, causing them to lean and break in the winds.

  4. FOX 5 DC

    Lawyers allege cable TV, phone companies are also responsible in Maui wildfires (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    Lawyers claim cables were attached in a way that put too much tension on utility poles, causing them to lean and break when flames burned down much of Lahaina.

  5. Christian Science Monitor

    Maui fires: TV and phone companies share responsibility, say lawyers (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Lawyers for residents and business owners of Lahaina, Hawaii told a court that cable TV and telephone companies share in responsibility for last month’s fires. Power poles were overloaded with cables, they alleged, which caused them to break in high winds.

  6. Voice of America

    Lawyers Claim Cable TV, Phone Companies also Responsible in Maui Fires (opens Voice of America)

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    A proposed amended complaint still holds the power utilities responsible for the wildfires.

  7. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    TV, phone companies also liable in Maui fires, lawyers say (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be key to the investigation of August’s devastating fires on Maui, lawyers for Lahaina residents and business owners told a court Tuesday that cable TV and telephone companies share responsi…

  8. Hawaiitribune Herald

    Lawyers claim cable TV and phone companies are also responsible in Maui fires - Hawaii Tribune-Herald (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    HONOLULU — After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be key to the investigation of last month’s devastating fires on Maui, lawyers for Lahaina residents and business owners told a court Tuesday that cable TV and telephone c…

  9. The Garden Island

    Lawyers claim cable TV, phone companies are also responsible in Maui fires (opens The Garden Island)

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    HONOLULU — After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be key to the investigation of last month’s devastating fires on Maui, lawyers for Lahaina residents and business owners told a court Tuesday that cable TV and telephone c…

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