Wrongful Death Suit Over Worker’s Electrocution is a Grab for a ‘Champagne and Caviar Lifestyle,’ Defense Lawyer Says

The plaintiff in a wrongful death suit stemming from the 2019 electrocution of a worker at a West Texas midstream energy plant is seeking “Kardashian cash” – and may not be entitled to a penny, because she was the electrician’s girlfriend, not his common-law wife – lawyers for the plant told a Dallas County jury Monday.

The comments came in closing arguments in an 11-day trial in a suit filed by Maria de los Angeles Rodriguez, identified in the complaint as the widow of 44-year-old electrician Gabriel Vela, who was killed May 4, 2019, while working in the motor control center of the Lobo III midstream gas facility in Luling County.