The jury found that product defects in the P2R single-horse-power suction pump, manufactured and distributed by Sta-Rite Industries, Inc, was responsible for the accident causing the victim to suffer irreversible brain damage. The forceful suction of the spa pump at the bottom of the whirlpool, entrapped and held the girl underwater causing her to drown. ESTATE OF JOHN DOE AND ALEX DOE, INDIVIDUALLY v. The residential home was rented out to the twin toddlers parents on one-year lease, which was managed and operated by the defendant.
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