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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