A civil claim of negligence against two licensed gas fitters

A civil claim of negligence against two licensed gas fitters, their boss, and the local propane business they worked for has been closed out by the estates of a Lyman husband and wife who died in 2019 from carbon monoxide poisoning. The cases had been filed in June and July 2021 at Grafton Superior Court by the estates of John and April Courtney against Richard B. Mallett Jr, 51, of Woodsville; Philip L. Poirier, 30, of East Corinth, Vt.; their former supervisor, Adam Vigent, 53, of North Haverhill; and the company they worked for, Patten’s Gas, headquartered in North Haverhill. In June 2022, a judge ordered that the two cases go to what is called alternative dispute resolution, a required process for all civil cases unless the court orders otherwise. Grafton Superior Court records viewed on Wednesday indicate that the closing of the two cases was mutual.