Wheelchair Fire Case
Can you imagine sitting in your battery-powered wheelchair and having it catch on fire?
That's what the plaintiff alleged happened to her late father in this California case. It settled on the courthouse steps; the settlement is, of course, confidential.
The article reports that "in 2006, said court records, the company released a new product manual warning of the potential for hydrogen fire during recharging of the wheelchair's battery."
My 23yr old daughter just died from her wheelchair catching on fire. We are just starting a case now. I wish I knew what kind of chair your client had. We have found a lot of info on this subject and one particular company. I am so angry about this. My daughter was just starting out on her own. Got herself her own job and the chair was being worked on for 3 weeks. The chair had been smoking weeks prior to this fire. They were suppose to fix it? She got the chair back on a Friday and she died Monday morning a 2:30am. I want to expose this company eventually. I can be very patient.
Miche