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

[Brian Densmore]

Don't know if this will help, but my brother
(a retired EE with AT&T) thinks it's the adaptor.
Probably a failed capacitor. So make sure they replace the
darn adaptor.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: 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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