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Families sue Oncor after deaths of man from hypothermia, woman who couldn't use oxygen machine
Families sue Oncor after deaths of man from hypothermia, woman who couldn’t use oxygen machine during winter stormTwo lawsuits filed this week in Dallas County blame Oncor’s dayslong power outages during the February winter storm for the deaths of a 68-year-old man from hypothermia and a 73-year-old woman from a lack of oxygen when she couldn’t power her machine.
Elzie D. Ford’s adult son found him frostbitten and barely alive on the floor of his Whitney house, about 75 miles south of Dallas. Ford was taken by helicopter to a Waco hospital where he died Feb. 20, according to the lawsuit.
Ford’s son, Larry Ford, filed the suit seeking monetary relief for himself and his siblings. Larry Ford requests that a jury determine whether his family deserves compensation and, if so, how much.
Katherine Birdwell died struggling for air as her oxygen machine was rendered useless without power, according to her family’s lawsuit. Birdwell’s family seeks $10 million plus court costs.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/2021/03/03/families-sue-oncor-after-deaths-of-man-from-hypothermia-woman-who-couldnt-use-oxygen-machine-during-winter-storm/
