Fire & Explosion Litigation
Fire & Explosion Litigation
Fast Response. Technical Insight. Effective Defense.
Representing insurers, manufacturers, and contractors in complex fire-related claims.
Overview 
Kightlinger & Gray has extensive experience handling property damage, injury, and subrogation claims involving fire and explosion events. Our attorneys act quickly to preserve evidence, coordinate with forensic experts, and manage technical defenses in cases that often carry high exposure.
We defend clients across multiple industries in both first-party and third-party fire claims, and provide subrogation services for insurers seeking recovery.
Attorneys Practicing
In This Area
Attorneys Practicing
In This Area
Timothy J. Stucky
Attorney
Timothy Stucky serves as an Attorney at Kightlinger & Gray’s New Albany office, where his journey began as a Summer Law Clerk in 2020 before officially joining the firm as an Attorney in 2022. His extensive civil litigation practice covers a wide array of legal areas, including personal injury, premises liability, insurance subrogation, debt collection under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act, wrongful death, dram shop liability, employment disputes, and defending governmental entities and their employees.
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Thomas J. Jarzyniecki, Jr
Senior Partner
TJ Jarzyniecki is a member of Kightlinger & Gray’s five-member Management Committee. He devotes much of his practice to, and therefore has extensive experience with, fire-related matters. He routinely handles large losses involving fires and explosions causing personal injuries, fatalities and property damage. He uses his more than 30 years of experience to spearhead pre-suit investigations, including evidence preservation, expert retention and early claim evaluation.
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R. Jeffrey Lowe
Senior Partner
Jeff Lowe is a partner at Kightlinger & Gray in New Albany, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky. He is chair of the Employment and Civil Rights practice group. He regularly defends governmental entities and their employees throughout Southern Indiana and Kentucky. His practice focuses on defense of governmental entities and their employees on issues ranging from constitutional torts to zoning matters to employment issues, as well as state law claims made against his governmental clients.
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Pfenne P. Cantrell
Senior Partner
Based in the Indianapolis office of Kightlinger & Gray, Pfenne Cantrell handles complex litigation including Construction, Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith, Subrogation and Fire-related casualties, Product Liability, Securities, and Aviation cases. An economics major as an undergrad, Pfenne uses the knowledge and skills he learned to approach complex matters in a thorough, yet concise manner.
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Attorney
Matthew Hobson is an associate attorney in Kightlinger & Gray’s Indianapolis office, concentrating his practice in worker’s compensation. Matthew comes to Kightlinger & Gray with significant experience in worker’s compensation defense. He also has previously practiced in commercial and insurance defense litigation, appeals, and corporate tax matters.
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