TV-OUT on laptop causes major damage, fire / shock

[Tom Bruno]

My girlfriend today pointed out a time like 5-6 weeks ago during a bible
study i was using my laptop with it on my lap, and i was getting shocked
through my blue jeans.  I had forgotten about this until now.  That
seems a little wierd to me aswell.   We are pretty certian it's the
laptop.

On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 13:43 -0600, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> I hate to say it, given that we all love to express our opinions on these 
> matters, but you're talking to the wrong people.
> 
> You REALLY, REALLY need to at least talk with a real, honest-to-goodnes, 
> listed-in-the-yellow-pages Product Liability Lawyer.
> 
> At the minimum, you deserve to have a working laptop, a fixed TV, and a new 
> cable.  You've been injured, and you can probably argue quite successfully 
> for compensation for that.  Shock and trauma are a little bit more difficult 
> to prove, but getting knocked unconcious is pretty clearly not something you 
> should expect from a consumer product that's being used correctly.
> 
> If you don't talk to a lawyer, what's the worst that could happen?  Well, I 
> suppose Dell could say "it was the TV, not the laptop", and you'd be out a 
> computer and a TV.  Maybe you're cool with that.  I don't think I would be.
> 
> If you do work with a lawyer, he should be willing to do this on a contingency 
> basis - his fees come out of any potential settlement.  You may still loose 
> the laptop and the TV - they become evidence.  Your expense in replacing 
> them, though, becomes part of your claim.
> 
> We are not talking about suing someone because the coffee you shouldn't have 
> poured in your lap was too hot.  We're talking about serious injury and 
> damage from normal use of ordinary consumer appliances.
> 
> Think about this:  What if you'd been alone?  What if that fire had caught on 
> something else, and kept burning, while you were knocked out on the floor?
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