"Terril Johnson, a 77-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran, drove six hours from Los Angeles this spring to see his gymnast granddaughter graduate from San Jose State University, but a lawsuit by his family claims he died in a San Jose hotel, effectively boiled alive in a hot shower. He died the night before the graduation, said his son Terril Johnson II, of Riverside. Johnson had been ecstatic at the prospect of seeing his granddaughter Trinity Johnson receive her management degree, his son said."
"The elder Johnson's grandson, Deshun Johnson, found him lying partially submerged and unresponsive in the bathtub of the shower at the Fairfield Inn & Suites beside Mineta San Jose International Airport on May 22, with superheated water still running, according to the lawsuit filed last week in Santa Clara County Superior Court. Also present were Johnson's son, daughter-in-law and three granddaughters, including Trinity, who was to graduate the next day from San Jose State."
"When family members rushed to assist, the water was so dangerously hot they could not initially lift him from the tub, the wrongful-death lawsuit said. As they struggled desperately to save him, they were forced to watch in horror as his skin peeled away from his body. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, accuses Marriott International, the hotel owner, of operating a water-heating system that posed a lethal hazard."
A 77-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran died after being scalded in a San Jose hotel shower the night before his granddaughter's graduation. Family members found him partially submerged with superheated water still running and were initially unable to lift him as his skin peeled away. A wrongful-death lawsuit alleges the hotel operated a water-heating system that delivered water around 135 degrees Fahrenheit, exceeding California's 120-degree legal maximum and posing a lethal hazard. The suit seeks unspecified damages and cites burn-risk data about rapid onset of third-degree burns at high temperatures.
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