Massachusetts Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

Dehumidifier Recall Due to Fire or Burn Risk

December 17, 2009  

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission's website (CPSC), Home Depot is recalling approximately 2,000 Hampton Bay Dehumidifiers. A component in the dehumidifiers can malfunction causing it to overheat and catch fire or cause serious burns to the consumer. The Home Depot has received 18 reports of the dehumidifiers catching fire and one report of a consumer being burned on the arm. The dehumidifiers were sold at Home Depot for between $120 and $150 and were made in China. Consumers should stop using the product immediately and contact the home depot at (800) 553-3199.

Massachusetts personal injury lawyer, Thomas M. Kiley, is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and is a respected member of the American Association for Justice and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

The personal injury attorneys at the Law Office of Kiley Law Group are dedicated to helping the victims of:

• Car, motorcycle, truck, van or bus accident
• Single vehicle accidents such as SUV or 15-passenger van rollovers
• Pedestrian accidents such as a hit and run
• Defective products such as ineffective airbags or seatbelts, prescription drugs with unpublicized side-effects, or hazardous children's toys
• Child injury and child abuse such as negligence
• Birth injuries such as trauma during labor or cerebral palsy

We Serve Clients Across the State of Massachusetts
The firm's headquarters are in Andover, MA and serves the following cities in Massachusetts: Boston, Danvers, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Methuen, Middleton, Reading, and Salem, MA and Salem, New Hampshire.