{"id":530,"date":"2013-09-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/defective-products-cause-house-to-catch-fire-homeowner-sues\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:10:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:10:28","slug":"defective-products-cause-house-to-catch-fire-homeowner-sues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/defective-products-cause-house-to-catch-fire-homeowner-sues\/","title":{"rendered":"Defective Products Cause House to Catch Fire; Homeowner Sues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/product-liability\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Product Liability<\/a> | September 18, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Chicago homeowners use their air conditioning unit to cool down their homes in the summer heat. The last thing they want it to do is catch their houses on fire. A Texas homeowner claims that his air conditioner\u2019s internal wires overheated due to a defect in December 2011, causing his home to catch fire and suffer considerable damage.<\/p>\n<p>The man, from Port Neches, Texas, filed a product liability lawsuit against Carrier Corp. in Jefferson County District Court in March. He claims that the A\/C condenser unit\u2019s control box, located outside his home, had a defect that caused the wires to overheat. This started a fire, which caused damage to the home. 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