Manufacturer Held Liable for Using Defective Fan Motor That Sparked Deadly House Fire
The December 2006 recall of Lasko Products portable fans came eight months too late for 7-year-old Joshua Foster. The boy died from burns and smoke inhalation when the Chinese-made electric motor in the Lasko fan Joshua’s mother was using to cool her bedroom on June 14, 2005, malfunctioned, threw sparks and started the fire that…