House owners John and Diane MacPherson.

Damage claims often turn up reliability problems, Joshipura said, just as a reliability investigation can turn ■up information useful to damage claims. But since the SCC has no formal role in settling damage claims, he said, the most he can do to help damage claimants is to provide the information he’s found and counsel the customers in using it to pursue any civil suit they may pursue.

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