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Re: Sunbeam heating pad
Posted by Donald D. Brown, Esq. on 2/28/07

    On 1/29/07, sherri wrote:
    > My name is Sherri.
    > I live in Canada and had almost the same experience. My boyfriend
    > got injured @ work and had been using the pad for about 1 week
    > straight. He fell asleep with the heating pad on his neck. Woke
    > up in the morning with a major red spot on his neck that lasted
    > about 2 days. It was set to medium.
    > Also, the heating pad no longer works since that day. Its almost
    > like the whole inside of it is chared. The blue pad has a tinge
    > of brown to the whole thing. Also, the little plastic label on
    > the heating pad melted.
    >
    > I have a case involving facial burns from a Sunbeam heating pad.
    >
    >
    > On 11/27/05, Mary Studer wrote:
    >> On 9/14/05, Betsy Neisner wrote:
    >>> On 11/22/04, jeffrey jacobs wrote:
    >>>> I am looking for Sunbeam heating pads that have
    >>>> malfunctioned/overheated. The pads may have charred or
    >>>> caught fire. If you have had an experience with a
    >>>> malfunctioning heating pad, I would like to hear from you.
    >>>
    >>> I am a lawyer in Greenfield, Massachusetts, with a client
    >>> who was burned while using a Sunbeam heating pad. Have you
    >>> received any responses from lawyers or engineers discussing
    >>> defects in the pad or deficiencies in the UL standards
    >>> relied upon by Sunbeam for testing the pads?
    >>
    >> My name is Mary Studer from Rockport, Texas. I was burned by
    >> a Sunbeam heating pad on my shoulder on Thanksgiving morning,
    >> 11-24-2005. It was set on medium heat, and I have a 2" by 2"
    >> second degree burn with blisters on my shoulder. I was taken
    >> to the emergency room and received antibiotics, silvadene
    >> cream and a tetanus injection as treatment. I am interested
    >> in filing a lawsuit against Sunbeam for my injury and so this
    >> will not happen to anyone else, but I see now that is has
    >> happened many times. My heating pad was only a few months old
    >> and I had used it almost daily with no problems. I was shocked
    >> that my burn was so severe and have had to take Darvocet for
    >> pain. Please feel free to contact me by phone at 361-727-1152
    >> or by email at studerjc@cableone.net.

     
     

 
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