DENVER — Two people who claim to have gotten contaminated gas at separate stations affected by last week’s fuel mix-up have filed civil lawsuits against companies that are known to have distributed and sold tainted gas.
Ryan Mahon from Littleton filed his suit in Denver District Court on Tuesday. He said he filled up his truck at the Costco gas station off of Santa Fe Boulevard and Oxford Avenue last Thursday morning. He claims that his truck was not running properly after he got gas.
After Mahon dropped his wife off at work, he went back to the station and alerted the Colorado Division of Oil and Gas to report the bad gas and file a complaint, the suit says. Mahon had his truck towed to a repair shop and was quoted $800-$1,000 to make initial repairs. The suit says Mahon was warned that there could be additional “unforeseen damages” that may come up after initial repairs…