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93-year-old who froze to death leaves $600,000 to hospital BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) -- An attorney says a 93-year-old Michigan man who froze to death after a power company restricted electricity to his home over roughly $1,000 in unpaid bills left an estimated $600,000 to a hospital. Marvin Schur's attorney, Cathy Reder, told the Detroit Free Press the World War II veteran bequeathed his entire fortune to Bay Medical Center. Schur's frozen body was found Jan. 17, four days after Bay City Electric Light & Power installed a device on his electric meter that cuts power after a predetermined level is reached. State regulators on Wednesday issued emergency rules designed to protect more people against electricity or heat shutoffs in the winter. News You can use
DES MOINES (AP) - Weeks after an elderly Michigan man froze to death inside his home after power was interrupted by what is commonly called a service limiter, utility officials in Iowa are looking at rewriting rules that could expand the device's use in the state.See the full content of this document
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The body of 93-year-old Marvin Schur was found in his home by a neighbor on Jan. 17. An electrici...
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