The family of a Texas boy who apparently froze to death – after the family’s mobile home lost power during an intense cold snap – has filed a $ 100 million lawsuit against the region’s utility companies, blaming them for the tragedy.
Cristian Pavon Pineda, 11, was found lifeless in a bed next to his toddler brother on Monday as the temperature dropped inside the single digits and the family struggled to keep warm.
Grid operator ERCOT and electricity supplier Entergy failed to warn people of the dangerous conditions and gave customers incomplete guidance during the recent historic cold, the family accuses, according to reports.
The boy’s family accuses the utility companies of gross negligence.
The day Cristian died, he’d played in the snow for the first time, said his mother, Maria Elisa Pineda.