$205,000 Settlement for Burns from Heating Pad

$205,000 awarded before trial to a 14 year old girl that sustained burns from a heating pad while attending a summer camp for kids with disabilities. The plaintiff suffered paraplegia from a prior accident and had reduced sensation in her lower body. The facility placed heating pads on the infant’s lower due to low back pain and then left her unsupervised. The plaintiff fell asleep and awoke to a 2 cm x 3 cm third degree elliptical burn.