Re: Company Sued Over Washing Machine Death


"ravinwulf" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 15:16:12 GMT, <crosem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >failure to supervise one's own children, resulting in the death of one,
and
> >she wants $ from the washing machine company? she should be charged with
> >child abuse/neglect...
>
> She left the 5 year old in the care of her 14 year old brother while
> she stepped outside for a minute. That hardly qualifies as abuse or
> neglect; millions of mothers depend on teenaged siblings for
> babysitting for short amounts of time and presumably there was no way
> to know the kid would do something this dumb. This was simply a
> horrible accident. OTOH, I don't think it's appropriate to sue the
> company that made the washing machine, although I can understand why
> they feel the need to place blame somewhere else.
>
> Regards,
> ravinwulf


Sounds to me like this particular model of machine has been responsible for
numerous injuries and at least one previous death. It appears the only way
to force the company that produces them to either change or withdraw this
machine from operation is to sue them, as they haven't fixed the problem on
their own.

< But in 1983, the
commission issued an alert warning that serious injuries -- 44 since
1963, nearly half involving children -- were known to have occurred
with the use and operation of coin-operated, heavy-duty, front-loading
washers and washer/extractors. The warning remains on the commission
Web site.>


<He further alleged that neither a stop
button on the machine, a safety release on the door nor a clearly
marked electrical disconnect within 50 feet of the machine was in
place, as mandated by the national electrical code.

"Effectively, there was a child in the machine and no way to stop it or
gain access to stop it," Campbell said.>


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