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Wrongful death lawsuits increase after winter storm
Read full article: Wrongful death lawsuits increase after winter storm“I don’t know if anything compares to loss of life in this magnitude,” said Houston attorney Chris Leavitt of the Buzbee Law Firm. It was a series of really poor decisions that put money over people’s safety.”Leavitt said as of Monday, his firm has filed more than 30 wrongful death lawsuits against The Electric Reliability Council of Texas and power companies across Texas that center on decisions made leading up to last month’s winter storm. She lost power during the storm and then her pipes burst. She went to stay with her daughter and then her daughter lost power. AdWhile as a matter of company policy CenterPoint Energy does not comment on pending litigation, we mourn for all the lives that were lost as a result of the severe winter weather event.