A Jefferson County jury recommended on a 9-3 vote March 5 that AmerenUE pay three families a total of $2.3 million for the death of one teen and the injuries of two others.
AmerenUE disputes that its cable caused the accident, but has not decided whether to appeal.
Nic Harbison was 16 when he and Morgan Milfield and Tim Fitzpatrick, both then 15, and Joshua McClure, then 18, were in the Summer Set subdivision south of De Soto on March 18, 2006.
They climbed out of a hot tub located on a rear patio of the McClure home and went into the lake, when the accident happened.
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AmerenUE disputes that its cable caused the accident, but has not decided whether to appeal.
Nic Harbison was 16 when he and Morgan Milfield and Tim Fitzpatrick, both then 15, and Joshua McClure, then 18, were in the Summer Set subdivision south of De Soto on March 18, 2006.
They climbed out of a hot tub located on a rear patio of the McClure home and went into the lake, when the accident happened.
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