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ARTICLE ID 47177
$________ - PRODUCTS LIABILITY - DEFECTIVE AND/OR DANGEROUS DESIGN - DEFECTIVE WIRING HARNESS IN CLOTHES DRYER MANUFACTURED BY DEFENDANT WAS ALLEGED BY THE PLAINTIFF TO CAUSE HOUSE FIRE THAT RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE HOME.
York County, Maine
This was a products liability matter in which the plaintiff
alleged that the clothes dryer manufactured by the defendant was
defective and/or dangerous in design. The plaintiff alleged that
the defective wiring harness caused a fire that substantially
damaged the plaintiffs home. The defendant denied the
allegations of defect.
The plaintiff, a 24-year licensed builder and wiring inspector,
testified that he installed a dryer manufactured by the
defendants subsidiary Frigidaire in his home. He installed the
dryer without consulting any installation manual. The dryer was
properly maintained and functioned properly up to the time of the
fire. On July 22, ________, the plaintiff left the house with the
dryer running. The plaintiff returned to find that his home had
substantially been destroyed by a fire that was determined to
have ignited as a result of a faulty wiring harness in the
subject dryer.
The plaintiff gave prompt notice to the defendant regarding the
alleged defect in the wiring harness. The defendant did not send
an expert to inspect the dryer for well over three years from the
date of the fire. The plaintiff brought suit against the
defendant alleging that the wiring harness was defectively
designed and that it was the sole cause of the plaintiffs loss.
The plaintiff alleged $________ in damages as a result of the
dryer defect.
The defendant contended that it was not liable for the
plaintiffs damages. The defendants expert opined that the dryer
was not, in fact, the ignition point of the fire. However, the
defendant failed to offer a possible alternative source of the
ignition.
At the conclusion of the trial, the jury found in favor of the
plaintiff and against the defendant and awarded the plaintiff the
requested damages of $________.
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