Fan Manufacturer Slapped with $13.5M Verdict

Jurors awarded $13.5 million to the family of a 7 year-old boy who was killed in 2005 after a faulty fan motor ignited a blaze as the boy slept in his bedroom. Lasko Products, Inc., the largest manufacturer of fans in the United States, manufactured the defective fan. The company discovered a defect in their made-in-China portable fans in 1999 and later developed technology to correct the defect but failed to recall the fans or report the problem to the Consumer Product Safety Commission until after the boy died in the fire. (10/15) Philadelphia Daily News