About

PropaneExplosions.com is owned and operated by Chandler, Mathis and Zivley PC.  Our law firm represents plaintiffs in personal injury, commercial, and insurance litigation.  This has been our legal specialty since founding our law practice in 1971. 

Mr. George Chandler, our firm’s founder, is a Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Lawyer.  His certification was received from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.  In addition to these honors, Mr. Chandler is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a member of the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and served as President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association in 2003.  

Chandler, Mathis & Zivley, PC has achieved the highest rating (“AV”) awarded by the legal publication Martindale-Hubbell.

Over the years our firm has successfully fought for the rights of many victims of propane fires and explosions, gaining national notoriety for our successful representation of 18 claimants  in the famous propane explosion that took place in Brenham, Texas in 1992, when an underground propane storage facility was overfilled.   Shockwaves from this tragedy were felt as far away as Galveston.  A seismograph at Rice University in Houston measured the blast at between 3.5 and 4 on the Richter scale –power and magnitude of a small earthquake.

The Jury in the 4-week trial awarded $5,600,000 in actual damages and $138,000,000 in punitive damages. Subsequently the trial Court reduced the Judgment to $90,000,000, and the case was settled for a confidential amount.

If you need a personal injury lawyer for injuries, death or damages caused by a propane gas or natural gas fire or explosion, use an experienced firm with a proven track record for winning big cases — use the Chandler, Mathis and Zivley law firm.

If you, a loved one, or someone you know has been burned, injured, killed or suffered property losses resulting from a propane explosion, propane fire or natural gas fire or explosion, please contact the Chandler, Mathis and Zivley law firm today.  We have offices in Lufkin, Texas and Houston, Texas.   

Call us Toll-Free at: 1-800-657-2230 (Lufkin) or 1-877-739-7744 (Houston).