FPL Faces Litigation Over Hurricane Irma Power Outages
A class action was filed against Florida Power & Light Co. by two customers, and both Coral Gables and Pinecrest have both voted to explore suing the company in the aftermath of the storm.
September 18, 2017 at 03:00 PM
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Florida Power & Light Co. is facing a statewide class action lawsuit filed by two Miami-Dade residents who were still without electricity more than a week after Hurricane Irma, with more litigation potentially coming from at least two South Florida cities.
Miami attorney John Ruiz filed a lawsuit Monday in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on behalf of a single mom and a South Miami doctor who were still waiting for FPL to turn the air conditioning back on. The class action claims FPL breached its contract with customers by collecting a “storm fee” but not adequately preparing for inevitable hurricane power outages.
“It's just kind of ridiculous for a company to make $1.7 billion in a year and in exchange put at risk the lives of people and people's property,” said Ruiz, who is with MSP Recovery Law Firm.
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