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i’ve represented a number of clients who
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have been significantly burned in a
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variety of different accidents
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one case that comes to mind and stands
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out and always will
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is i represented the the daughter of a
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79
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year old woman who was showering in her
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bathroom at her apartment complex
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as many of us have experienced showering
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sometimes the water
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temperature changes and while she was in
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the shower the water temperature changed
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and it changed over 200 degrees and it
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knocked her
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into her bathtub and she was
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significantly burned
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she actually spent over a month in a
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burn
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treatment center before she eventually
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passed away due to her injuries
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so we filed suit against the apartment
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owner the water heater manufacturer
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then we hired a variety of experts and
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one of our experts an engineer was able
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to get a hold of that water heater
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and figure out why the water got to the
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temperature it did
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and mostly more importantly what was the
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defect
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the manufacturer of the water heater
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their experts couldn’t even determine
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whether or not there was a defect or why
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it may have resulted
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their argument is they couldn’t they
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couldn’t replicate
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the condition our expert figured it out
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and as a result of that
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we were able to get
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the decedent’s daughter significant
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amount of money and to hold
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both the apartments complex and the
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water heater manufacturer accountable
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for the defect in their product product
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and undoubtedly
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that certainly created changes i’m sure
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they went back and they checked all
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those water heaters and that
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defective part to make sure this didn’t
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happen again