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To: Responsibility2nd

Distracted bathing.... wonder who the parents will sue.

This will probably result in a new law requiring extension cord manufacturers to put a warning label not to use with cell phone chargers hooked to a cell phone while the user is bathing or showering.


3 posted on 07/17/2017 2:07:15 PM PDT by maddog55 (America Rising)
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“Distracted bathing.... wonder who the parents will sue.”

The company who made the phone.

I’m sure the wrongful death lawyers will be amped up about this case.


7 posted on 07/17/2017 2:17:02 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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Well it’s very sad that she died.

There’s something else which is troubling about this. And that is, are some people so wedded to a cellular phone that they can’t ever be without it? They can’t be apart from.it for 15 minutes to take a shower?


8 posted on 07/17/2017 2:18:15 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Well it’s very sad that she died.

There’s something else which is troubling about this. And that is, are some people so wedded to a cellular phone that they can’t ever be without it? They can’t be apart from.it for 15 minutes to take a shower?


9 posted on 07/17/2017 2:18:27 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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#3: "new law requiring extension cord manufacturers to put a warning label"

We already have the National Electrical Code which requires GFI (ground fault interrupters) outlets in bathrooms, kitchens, and damp areas. This must have been an older home built before the current code. A GFI would probably prevented this terrible accident.

It's simple to replace an outlet with a GFI. An electrician wouldn't charge much to update a home, less than an hour's labor.

Currently there are so many warning labels on extension cords that the first thing I do is cut them off.

18 posted on 07/17/2017 2:46:03 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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