Woman Awarded 750K In Shower Scalding

A woman who suffered third-degree burns after stepping into a shower of 136-degree water has been awarded $750,000 in a settlement against the apartment manager.

By: Christian Stapleton | WKRG-TV
Published: July 05, 2009

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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A woman who suffered third-degree burns
after stepping into a shower of 136-degree water has been awarded
$750,000 in a settlement of a lawsuit against the apartment
manager.
The Mobile County court award to 25-year-old Treon Moorer, in
late June, followed mediation with JRS Management Inc. of Florida.
The company's lawyer, Larry Matthews of Pensacola, declined
comment.
Moorer's attorney, Richard Taylor, said the injury came at her
Shadow Oaks apartment in Mobile on June 10, 2007. She had been born
with a condition that causes frequent seizures, Taylor said, and
suffered one as a result of the shock of the burning water.
He said Moorer was "horribly scarred" from the neck down.
Taylor says the water heater industry and burn doctors recommend a
setting of 120 degrees.