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anytime
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somebody or a lawyer contacts me because
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they have a client with
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a burn injury from an electric blanket
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first question i ask them is
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who made it well on on every product
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there’s a label down at the bottom of
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the product that gives basic information
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about it
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and it says who the manufacturer is this
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one it does say was manufactured by
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sunbeam products
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incorporated there are also some codes
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down here
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alphanumeric numbers that are in letters
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that are
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stamped onto the label i want to know
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what those are
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because that tells me when the product
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was made
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i like to know how old the product is i
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like to know who made it and of course
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we want the
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client to preserve the product if they
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had a thermal burn injury they woke up
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with a burn
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don’t use it anymore safely package it
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up
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and send it to me and i’m happy to have
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it looked at when we have a fire it’s a
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much different circumstance if you have
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a fire
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what we want is notified immediately
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because
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i fire investigator and i notify sunbeam
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we all go to the fire scene
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because we want to all see what the fire
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scene is like before it’s disturbed
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and we’re fortunate often when there is
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a serious fire
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and it’s suspected that it’s an electric
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blanket the
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investigators often the insurance
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company investigators
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know that you need to notify the product
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manufacturer and give them
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the opportunity to see the fire scene
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and collect evidence before it gets
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disturbed
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often that doesn’t happen but frequently
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it does
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so if you had a fire you suspect it’s
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caused by any kind of an appliance
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you should immediately contact a product
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liability attorney to help walk you
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through that process
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and to help preserve the evidence
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because you can’t be sure that the
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local investigators will do that for you