Missouri AG Secures Consent Judgment Requiring Liberty Utilities to Pay Maximum Fine in Lexington Blast Case

Overview

• A consent judgment, announced Friday, orders Liberty Utilities to pay $30,000, the legal maximum, for violating Missouri’s Underground Facility Safety and Damage Prevention Act, the state’s 811 line-marking law.
• The filing in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County requires Liberty to verify and remap every underground facility it owns or operates within Lexington and to follow the statute in all future work.
• According to the Attorney General’s office, Liberty gave an excavator false assurance that lines were marked, a mapping error left a gas main unmarked, and gas then leaked for hours before a home exploded.
• Local reporting identifies the child killed as 5-year-old Alistair Lamb, with his father and sister injured when the April 2025 blast destroyed their home.
• The state’s resolution is separate from any private lawsuits filed by the victims’ family.