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Jury Awards Family $13.5M In Lasko Fan Fire Suit

Law360, New York (October 15, 2009) -- A Pennsylvania state court jury has found that portable fan manufacturer Lasko Products Inc. should pay $13.5 million to the family of a 7-year-old Philadelphia boy who was killed in a 2005 fire caused by a faulty box fan.

After an investigation by the city's fire marshal pointed to a Lasko fan as the catalyst for the fire,a the family of Joshua Foster sued the company on breach of...

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