The Case of the Falsely Accused Contractor - Initial allegations against electrical contractor are discounted after forensic investigation

摘要

At the back of nearly every homeowner's mind lies the fear of an unexpected house fire, especially one that starts in the middle of the night when residents are sleeping. When you look at industry statistics related to residential fires in the United States, this fear is certainly not unfounded. In 2003, for example, someone died in a fire about every 2 hours and was injured every 29 minutes, according to statistics from the National Center for Injury Prevention Control, a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This group's research also reveals that fire departments responded to 402,000 home fires that same year, which claimed the lives of 3,145 people (not including firefighters), injured another 14,075, and cost more than USD6 billion in property damage.