SHERAN, JUSTICE.
On January 21, 1960, at approximately 6:30 p.m., David Paulson, 2 1/2 years of age, was scalded by the contents of a coffee percolator about 15 minutes after arriving at the home of defendant, his grandmother, where he, his parents, and his infant brother were to be guests for dinner. The percolator had been placed by the defendant near the edge and middle of the narrower side of a 32 by 45 1/2-inch table. It was attached, by a 6-foot 3-inch cord...
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