Cristian Pavón Piñeda’s family, de 11 year old boy who died this week Texas apparently through low temperatures registered in the state, convinced they had no knowledge of the demand who filed his attorney against the electric utility Entergy and the network operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) for $ 100 million.
In an interview with Noticiero Univision Digital, Yalitza, Cristian’s aunt, assured that María Piñeda, the child’s mother, signed a declaration of legal representation for a lawyer to help them with the funeral papers and the repatriation of the minor, but they never thought a lawsuit would be filed.
The lawyer told the family he would help organize the vigil for the child. He later told us that later if he did something, he would be his lawyer. Then his mother signed a power of attorney. The next day we saw that this lawsuit came out, but the lawyer did not speak to the family personally, ”he said.
Yalitza assured that María Piñeda is not concerned about the money, as she has only thought about the transfer of Cristian’s body so far and sent a message to the lawyer:
‘Don’t take advantage of our family, we are going through a painful time right now. The mother would like to thank the community for all the support they have given her. Let them know she is not looking for money. What she wants is to carry out the child’s departure, ”he said.
The lawsuit alleges that gross negligence led to the death of 11-year-old Christian Pavón. He also claims the minor died of hypothermia, despite the fact that forensic doctors have not yet revealed the cause of death.
The last Thursday the autopsy of Pavón was carried out, as confirmed by the Conroe Police Department spokesman Sergeant Jeff Smith to the newspaper The CourierHe said it will take several weeks for the cause of death to be determined.
In announcing the lawsuit, Entergy and ERCOT made brief statements: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of life in our community. We cannot comment because of ongoing lawsuits,” Entergy replied.
ERCOT issued a statement saying it had yet to review demand and that “because about 46% of private generators went offline on Monday morning, we are sure that our grid operators have made the right decision to prevent a statewide power outage. “
A tragic story
The Piñeda family had spent two nights in the town of Conroe, Texas, sleeping in a mobile home without electricity. When they woke up last Tuesday, they found out Cristian, 11 years old, dead. His family assures that this was due to the low temperatures.
According to María Piñeda, Cristian’s mother said Univision News, I had recently paid they will take Cristian from Honduras to Houston being together.
María said she lived with her son the day before her death. “We were out early, I took pictures of it, everything was fine. We played at night, I never thought this would happen,” said Piñeda.
That night when Cristian went to sleep the thermometer read 12 degrees Fahrenheit in the city of Houston. He got into bed covered with blankets and no heating due to lack of electricityHis mother assured him that she was sheltering him next to another 3-year-old boy.
It was Tuesday morning when Maria Cristian found without vital signs in the room where he slept.
Pavón’s funeral will be held at The Woodlands First Baptist Church on February 27. The family opened a GoFundMe page to send the boy’s body to their native Honduras. As of Sunday afternoon, more than $ 85,000 had been raised.
