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Health & Fitness

Two Year Old Boy Scalded By Shower Head Settles For 4 Million Dollars

2 year old boy scalded by shower requires skin grafts and left with significant scarring.

by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq.

A 2 year old boy was scalded by a shower head in an apartment bathroom, allegedly due to a defectively installed temperature regulating valve.  Plaintiff alleged that the defective shower head, was such that it would unexpectedly disperse hot streams of water at up to 160 degrees Fahrenheit.

The boy sustained second and third degree burns to his back and buttocks that required skin grafting and left significant scarring.

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