A federal jury has ordered an Oklahoma company to pay a $6.1 million to the family of a 2-year-old girl who died from burn injuries following a gas can explosion and fire in 2005.
The settlement for the pain and suffering experienced by Hailey Parish's family followed a 10-day trial in Utah's U.S. District Court, the Deseret News reports.
But jurors on Thursday said gas can-maker Blitz USA was only 70 percent responsible for the explosion and held Parish's father, David Calder, also responsible.
The family was in a Uintah County trailer in December 2005 when Calder tried to add gasoline to a wood-burning stove fire. The flames crept into the gas can, causing the explosion.
Jurors said the can should have had a flame arrester.
Note: perhaps next they could sue the gas maker for making gasoline flammable.
Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants
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