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Product Liability

May 6, 2000

Mother Sues Over Child's Death

Kira Alexsis Murphy's life ended tragically Dec. 11, three weeks after her first birthday. Her mother, Jill Ann Alto, placed her youngest daughter in a playpen for about 20 minutes so she could take a shower, emerging to find Kira lying face-down, half a promotional Burger King Pokemon toy's container stuck on her tiny face, preventing her from breathing.

Anne La Jeunesse
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        Kira Alexsis Murphy's life ended tragically Dec. 11, three weeks after her first birthday. Her mother, Jill Ann Alto, placed her youngest daughter in a playpen for about 20 minutes so she could take a shower, emerging to find Kira lying face-down, half a promotional Burger King Pokemon toy's container stuck on her tin...

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