Ida power outages in southeast Louisiana due to ‘gross negligence' by utility, lawsuit claims
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2021-09-20 22:30
Ida power outages in southeast Louisiana due to ‘gross negligence' by utility, lawsuit claims
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A class-action lawsuit has been filed in Orleans Parish against Entergy in the wake of Hurricane Ida and the extensive power outages that followed and persist.The lawsuit claims the electric utility failed to maintain its infrastructure and facilities, plunging nearly a million people into the dark as Ida ravaged southeast Louisiana, WVUE-TV reported.A major transmission tower collapsed into the Mississippi River during the peak of the storm on Aug. 29, blacking out Orleans Parish.

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