Attorney cites Improperly monitored, maintained infrastructure as cause of blast

Lyons & Simmons, LLP, a Texas-based national trial firm, has filed a lawsuit against Atmos Energy Corporation on behalf of Jessica Bailey Lopez who suffered catastrophic injuries following an explosion and ensuing fire that ripped apart her home on the evening of March 19, 2026, leaving her buried alive under what remains of her home.

Although Mrs. Bailey Lopez had no gas appliances in her Lake Dallas home and was not a customer of Atmos Energy, the house was located close to an Atmos Energy gas main that leaked natural gas into the soil under and around her home, according to the lawsuit.

As a result of the explosion, Mrs. Bailey Lopez remains hospitalized in critical condition. She sustained severe burns and severe orthopedic injuries in addition to other serious injuries for which she is receiving treatment. Her entire Lake Dallas neighborhood remains under evacuation orders from the leak.

“People’s homes and people’s lives should not be ripped apart because of leaking gas utility infrastructure,” said Michael Lyons, co-founding partner of Lyons & Simmons, LLP. “Our client’s life has been forever altered. This lawsuit is about holding the gas company accountable when they fail to properly monitor and maintain their own gas system.”

The lawsuit is Jessica Bailey Lopez v. Atmos Energy Corporation; CC-26-02414-A; County Court at Law No. 1.

About Lyons & Simmons, LLP

Dallas-based Lyons & Simmons, LLP, is a trial boutique representing clients in wrongful death, personal injury, products liability and complex “bet-the-company” business litigation matters across the country. Since 2023, the firm has secured more than $1 billion in verdicts and settlements in a variety of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases.

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