The death of a child in a bitter cold in Texas causes a $ 100 million lawsuit

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2021/02/22

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Arab Weather - As one of the consequences of the difficult weather and energy crisis that the state of Texas has experienced, the agency responsible for the electricity supply ( ERCOT ) and the Energy Company for Energy Providers in Texas are exposed to a lawsuit worth $ 100 million accusing them of gross negligence in the death of a child whose family suspects died of hypothermia The body after the electricity was cut off and the heating means stopped for them during the unusual cold wave that the area passed through.

 

The mother of the deceased child, 11-year-old Christian Pineda, filed a lawsuit for causing wrongful death in Jefferson County Courthouse, accusing the utility giants of seeking profits at the expense of the people by ignoring previous recommendations to prepare their electricity grid for the winter, which It suffered a catastrophic failure in the past week, leaving more than 4 million customers without heating and electricity amid the drastic drop in temperatures in some parts of the state.

 

The mother of the deceased child indicated that the company neglected to take proactive action despite their knowledge of the weather forecasts and bad weather expected at least a week before them , and they were able to avoid the terrible crisis that the state was exposed to.

 

Christian died last Tuesday in his family's caravan home in Conroe, Houston, while sharing a bed with his 3-year-old brother under a pile of blankets in an effort to stay warm.

 

And more than 30 deaths were recorded in Texas in the past week through Sunday, due to freezing weather, including deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning, after people used cars or generators to keep warm during a power outage.

 

And more than that: millions of Texans still struggle to obtain drinking water after the devastating snowstorm that struck the region.

Arab Weather - As one of the consequences of the difficult weather and energy crisis that the state of Texas has experienced, the agency responsible for the electricity supply ( ERCOT ) and the Energy Company for Energy Providers in Texas are exposed to a lawsuit worth $ 100 million accusing them of gross negligence in the death of a child whose family suspects died of hypothermia The body after the electricity was cut off and the heating means stopped for them during the unusual cold wave that the area passed through.

 

The mother of the deceased child, 11-year-old Christian Pineda, filed a lawsuit for causing wrongful death in Jefferson County Courthouse, accusing the utility giants of seeking profits at the expense of the people by ignoring previous recommendations to prepare their electricity grid for the winter, which It suffered a catastrophic failure in the past week, leaving more than 4 million customers without heating and electricity amid the drastic drop in temperatures in some parts of the state.

 

The mother of the deceased child indicated that the company neglected to take proactive action despite their knowledge of the weather forecasts and bad weather expected at least a week before them , and they were able to avoid the terrible crisis that the state was exposed to.

 

Christian died last Tuesday in his family's caravan home in Conroe, Houston, while sharing a bed with his 3-year-old brother under a pile of blankets in an effort to stay warm.

 

And more than 30 deaths were recorded in Texas in the past week through Sunday, due to freezing weather, including deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning, after people used cars or generators to keep warm during a power outage.

 

And more than that: millions of Texans still struggle to obtain drinking water after the devastating snowstorm that struck the region.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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