Product Liability
Sep. 13, 2012
Plaintiffs' hair-trimmer blaze trial fizzles out with defense verdict
Two parents' effort to hold the maker of a mustache trimmer responsible for their son's death recently fell short after the company successfully challenged the link between the trimmer and a deadly fire.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Two parents' effort to hold the maker of a mustache trimmer responsible for their son's death has fallen short after a jury verdict in the company's favor.
Nearly two years ago, 16-year-old Ishan Bose-Pyne emerged from his bathroom covered in flames. He ran through the house and jumped into a backyard swimming pool to extinguish the fire, but by then had suffered third-degree bu...
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