On June 30, 2011, plaintiff Christopher Anderson, 36, an accountant, was a guest at a condominium rented by his friend, Joe Sanders, owned by Scott Chaban, and located at 27780 Inverness in Mission Viejo. Anderson was boiling water in a pot on the stove top when he pulled out the bottom drawer beneath the stove in order to retrieve another cooking pot. However, as he opened the front drawer, the front legs of the stove tipped off the platform onto the adjacent floor, causing the boiling pot of water to slide off the stove top and onto Anderson’s legs, left foot, and right arm. He subsequently sustained third-degree burns. Anderson sued Chaban and Sanders. He alleged the defendants failed to properly install and/or maintain the stove, creating a dangerous condition. Anderson claimed there was a sticker on the subject stove advising that a tip guard needed to be applied to the stove, which would secure it from tipping, but that it was not installed. He also claimed that the stove was not secured to the wall properly. In addition, Anderson claimed that Chaban was aware that the stove would move forward, but that neither Chaban nor Sanders took any corrective action., Anderson suffered third-degree burns to both legs and his left foot. He was subsequently taken to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo and referred to Grossman Burn Center at Western Medical Center in Santa Ana. On July 7, 2011, Anderson underwent surgery that consisted of a tangential excision of the full-thickness burns of his left leg and foot, and placement of a homograft. On July 11, 2011, he underwent surgery that consisted of a debridement of the homograft from the full thickness burns of his left leg/foot and placement of a split-thickness autograft over the burns. He was hospitalized for nine days and had his left leg placed in a water cast. Anderson then underwent several weeks of therapy. Anderson was advised that he may need three sets of pressure garments to combat hypertrophic scarring every six months for two years at approximately $180 per set. He claimed if hypertrophic scarring does not develop, he may require two to three more sets of multiple steroid injections at four- to six-month intervals at approximately $9,800 per set. Thus, Anderson claimed $95,000 in past medical costs and sought recovery of damages for his future medical costs and pain and suffering.