Mother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit against Union Electric

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During the Fourth of July weekend last year, two children, ages 8 and 13, were electrocuted by an "unknown source of electricity" while swimming near the boat dock at the family’s vacation home in the Lake of the Ozarks. Although witnesses performed CPR at the scene, the children were later declared dead at a nearby hospital. A lawsuit has been filed claiming that Union Electric (also known as Ameren Missouri) failed to inform dock owners the need to install ground fault interrupters, a requirement on docks and boat lifts which are exposed to moisture and wet conditions.

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