The lawsuit accuses ERCOT, Entergy, of gross negligence after Conroe’s boy died during a cold weather

HOUSTON – A lawsuit accuses Texas Electric Reliability Council and Entergy, a utility company serving areas north of Harris County, of gross negligence after a Conroe boy died during the freezing weather this week.

Houston law firm Tony Buzbee represents the Pineda family in the lawsuit over the death of 11-year-old Cristian Pineda.

Investigators have said they are still trying to determine how Cristian died. They said the autopsy was completed, but are awaiting the results of other tests before determining the cause of death. They said a carbon monoxide test at home was negative.

However, the family said in the lawsuit that they believed the temperature of about 10 degrees in their mobile home Tuesday night, which had lost energy during the storm, caused the boy’s death.

According to court documents provided by Buzbee’s law firm, the family said they had been hiding in a single room overnight in an effort to keep warm. Cristian’s mother and stepfather were with their baby, while Cristian shared a bed with his younger brother. Cristian was found unconscious the next morning. The family called 911 and gave him CPR, but Cristian was already dead.

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In the lawsuit, the family accuses ERCOT and Entergy of warning people of a danger, providing inaccurate and incomplete advice and information to customers, and participating in and contributing to the acts that led to the incident in question, among other things.

The family is seeking $ 100 million in damages.

Entergy issued the following written statement on the lawsuit: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of lives in our community. We are unable to comment due to a pending dispute. “

KPRC 2 has also asked ERCOT for a statement on the lawsuit.