A visiting judge has been assigned to hear several cases involving the explosion at the Realty Building in downtown Youngstown from May of 2024.

According to court records, retired Trumbull County Judge Wyatt McKay will be hearing several cases filed in Mahoning County against several parties including YO Properties LLC and LY Property Management, who owned the building, as well as Enbridge Gas Ohio.

These suits were filed by several residents of the apartments housed on the upper floors of the building who suffered from injuries as a result of the blast, as well as property damage and lost wages.

The suits alleged that an unsupervised crew was working on a gas line in the basement, and slam the building's owners for not securing the premises following the explosion and allowing for alleged thefts to occur.

McKay will be hearing these cases between February 7 and May 7 of 2025.

You can read much more about these suits in our related coverage below.

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