Portable Hair Dryer

James Swartz2021-04-16T05:58:02-04:00July 10, 2018|

Mr. Swartz, our Managing and Principal Attorney at Swartz & Swartz P.C., is a nationally recognized and respected trial attorney as well as consumer advocate. His practice focuses on cases involving negligence, torts, products liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and other claims involving catastrophic injuries. Visit My Profile

A 7-year-old girl was drying her hair with a small portable electric hair dryer. The dryer was dangerously designed because it contained no thermostatic controls.

As a result its surface could reach a temperature over 520 degrees; F. The girl’s bedding and clothing was ignited by the heat of the hair dryer and she suffered severe burns on her chest.^[13]