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Feb 22, 2021 01:49 AM EST
After losing electricity and heat in their mobile home in the middle of the historic cold snap, the family of the 11-year-old boy who lost his life due to hypothermia filed a $100 million suit against the Entergy Corporation and Texas power providers Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT.)
Texas Family Files $100M Suit Against Power Companies
Based on the family, they are filing the $100 million suit as the 11-year-old, Cristian Pineda suffered hypothermia due to the negligence of the power companies.
According to ABC News, the Jefferson County District Court received the death lawsuit from the mother of the 11-year-old Christian Pineda. The family alleged that the power companies put profits over the welfare of the public by ignoring the recommendations it received in the past regarding the need to winterize its power grid.
The mother of 11-year-old Cristian Pineda, a boy who died in his family's mobile home during the historic cold weather in Texas last week, has filed a lawsuit against the state's power providers.
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