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    Texas family sues Entergy for gross negligence after 11-year-old boy froze to death

    during blackouts

    A Houston-area couple is suing Entergy, the utility company in charge of Texas energy, for gross negligence following the death of their 11-year-old son during the recent blackouts.


    Cristian Pineda was found dead after trying to stay warm by huddling up in a single room. When his parents found him lying there unconscious, they tried to put him in a bed with his younger brother, though young Cristian was already dead from hypothermia.


    According to the nine-page lawsuit, Cristian “died because grid wasn’t a priority, and the energy provider made decisions based on profits.” Both Entergy and ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas), the latter of which manages the flow of electrical power throughout most of the state, are responsible for Cristian’s death, the suit adds.


    Texans like the Pineda family should have been warned prior to the storm that they could be without power for many days, lawyers in the case say. Instead, they did nothing and people ended up dying.


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    In Ohio, they'd be immune.
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    Wait. It was 12 degrees in the house and this couple left their 11-year-old son in a room by himself to deal with it? Who in their right mind does that? If my family had been in this situation when our kids were living at home, we'd have been huddled together covered with every garment and blanket we owned. The dogs, too. It's a tragic story, without question, but I can't see any way to absolve the parents of an important part of the responsibility for the outcome.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    Wait. It was 12 degrees in the house and this couple left their 11-year-old son in a room by himself to deal with it? Who in their right mind does that? If my family had been in this situation when our kids were living at home, we'd have been huddled together covered with every garment and blanket we owned. The dogs, too. It's a tragic story, without question, but I can't see any way to absolve the parents of an important part of the responsibility for the outcome.
    It is certainly contributory negligence. Don't know about Texas law, but in some states you can't sue another for negligence if you were also negligent.

    People should be able to survive 12 degrees using common sense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    Wait. It was 12 degrees in the house and this couple left their 11-year-old son in a room by himself to deal with it? Who in their right mind does that? If my family had been in this situation when our kids were living at home, we'd have been huddled together covered with every garment and blanket we owned. The dogs, too. It's a tragic story, without question, but I can't see any way to absolve the parents of an important part of the responsibility for the outcome.
    Mobile homes would get cold a lot quicker than a regular home. PLUS: "Cristian Pavon Pineda was found unresponsive under a pile of blankets in a bed that he had been sharing with his 3-year-old stepbrother, according to his family"
    https://people.com/human-interest/te...mid-snowstorm/

    Being pretty fast about assuming the parents were negligent...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sybil Ludington View Post
    Mobile homes would get cold a lot quicker than a regular home. PLUS: "Cristian Pavon Pineda was found unresponsive under a pile of blankets in a bed that he had been sharing with his 3-year-old stepbrother, according to his family"
    https://people.com/human-interest/te...mid-snowstorm/

    Being pretty fast about assuming the parents were negligent...
    They could have all huddled together.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    They could have all huddled together.
    Yes. How much heat could a 3-year-old alone generate?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sybil Ludington View Post
    Mobile homes would get cold a lot quicker than a regular home. PLUS: "Cristian Pavon Pineda was found unresponsive under a pile of blankets in a bed that he had been sharing with his 3-year-old stepbrother, according to his family"
    https://people.com/human-interest/te...mid-snowstorm/

    Being pretty fast about assuming the parents were negligent...
    Shared bodily warmth. The more people, the more the warmth....

    The official cause of death is pending autopsy results.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    Yes. How much heat could a 3-year-old alone generate?
    Apparently more than the 11 yo

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    They should have had a dog...or three...

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