California Court of Appeals Hears Case Involving Injury to a Young Child by Faulty Propane Heater

California Court of Appeals Hears Case Involving Injury to a Young Child by Faulty Propane Heater Kentucky Personal Injury Attorney
Location:  Orange County California
Date:  May 19, 2009 

The California Court of Appeals heard arguments on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 on whether a trial judge was right in ordering the release of key documents that may show whether Coleman knowingly violated a California statute, Health and Safety Code Section 19881. 

On a camping trip in December of 2005 Trevor Dennis, age 7, was severely burned. Early in the evening, Trevor returned to their camping trailer which was being heated by a Model 5053 ProCat™ PefecTemp™ Coleman propane heater. Later that evening, the heater malfunctioned which caused the trailer to burst into flames with Trevor inside. Most of the trailer was destroyed and Trevor sustained horrendous burns over much of his body that will require extensive ongoing medical care. 

When the family bought the heater, it was packaged in a box showing its use in a house with a mom holding a baby on her lap with a notation expressing the heater was safe for indoor use. The statute clearly states that non-vented portable heaters cannot be sold for use indoors. 

The Dennis family is fortunate to have such an aggressive and competent law firm representing their rights.  I know several members of the Bisnar/Chase firm and hold them in the highest regard.  It is comforting to the people of California to know that there are attorneys that will take on the big corporations and defend the consumers of the state.