FERRARO v. HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.

No. 12-2616.

721 F.3d 842 (2013)

Patricia FERRARO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 3, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Goril (argued), Ambrose & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Brian J. Hunt , Attorney, Hunt Law Group, Chicago, IL, Anthony A. Agosta (argued), Clark Hill, Detroit, MI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MANION and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and BARKER, District Judge.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Patricia Ferraro suffered serious burns on her arm after falling asleep next to the power adapter of her newly purchased Hewlett-Packard (HP) laptop computer. She filed a product liability suit against HP, alleging that her injury resulted from a design defect that allowed the power adapter to overheat. She also claimed that HP failed to include adequate warnings about the power adapter's propensity to...

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