{"id":7702,"date":"2020-04-20T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=7702"},"modified":"2020-04-20T12:28:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T12:28:14","slug":"7-million-settlement-reached-for-death-of-high-school-student-electrocuted-by-metal-footbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/7-million-settlement-reached-for-death-of-high-school-student-electrocuted-by-metal-footbridge\/","title":{"rendered":"$7 Million Settlement Reached for Death of High School Student Electrocuted by Metal Footbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob Hourmouzus was a 17-year-old high school student when he attempted to rescue his dog, which had jumped into an irrigation canal under a metal footbridge on private property. As Jacob and the dog began to be swept away in the canal, he grabbed onto the bridge, which was electrically energized with 240 volts of power. Jacob suffered an electrical shock. He was taken to a hospital for treatment but he later died. Jacob was survived by his parents.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob\u2019s parents sued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sidwater.org\/\">Solano Irrigation District,<\/a> a public utility, alleging negligence for choosing not to properly ground the metal footbridge, which caused the bridge to become electrically and dangerously energized.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit also alleged that the public utility defendant should have placed private property signs on the bridge to warn of its danger.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/7-million-settlement-reached-for-death-of-high-school-student-electrocuted-by-metal-footbridge\/#more-7702\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob Hourmouzus was a 17-year-old high school student when he attempted to rescue his dog, which had jumped into an irrigation canal under a metal footbridge on private property. 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