$465,000 Settlement for Burns from Faulty Boiler

$465,000 award for a 34-year-old man who sustained second- and third-degree burns as a result of a faulty boiler. The victim was burned by scalding water while in the shower when the faulty boiler system allowed the water temperature to increase beyond 135 degrees. The plaintiff demonstrated the mixing valves didn’t work properly allowing the water temperature to rise above the standard safe temperature of 115 degrees Fahrenheit.