With another winter storm now hitting Texas, the Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments that will decide whether or not more than 15,000 plaintiffs can move forward with their lawsuits against utility companies, in the aftermath of deadly winter storm Uri, which we will never forget from 2021.
"Obviously, there was a lot of damage and there were deaths resulting from the lack of electricity during winter storm Uri" said Texas based attorney, Michael Jewell.
There 57 deaths during the deadly storm, with 25 here in Harris County, which was the most anywhere in the state.
"There were a lot of deaths" Jewell told KTRH, "And the fact that people are looking for compensation as a result of that, it makes sense."
The billion-dollar question is, should the utility companies be held responsible? Or were their hands tied? Whatever the decision ultimately ends up being, is going to be significant. And the fact that the state supreme court has agreed to hear the case, is also noteworthy.
"The question that really is being raised is, if the utilities were doing what they could, should they be held responsible for negligence"?
We shall see, with oral arguments set for February 19th.