The family of an Illinois infant that died in a house fire has filed a lawsuit claiming that an Xbox video game system manufactured by Microsoft and sold by Wal-Mart Stores overheated and sparked the killer blaze. According to the suit, the wiring that connected the Xbox 360 to an electrical outlet became so hot that it started a 'catastrophic' fire at a house in Warsaw, Ill. The victim, an infant named Wade Kline, perished in the inferno. 'The fire was a direct and proximate result of the overheating of the game's power supply and wiring,' claims the lawsuit, which was filed in state Circuit Court in Illinois. Microsoft, Wal-Mart, and an unnamed power-supply maker are named as defendants. On Wednesday, Wal-Mart filed a procedural motion to move the case from state court to U.S. District Court in Illinois. The suit was originally filed in December 2006. The lawsuit claims the fatal fire occurred in December 2004, even though the Xbox 360 didn't officially launch until May 2005 -- an indication that the unit involved may actually have been a first-generation Xbox console. http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-41639.aspx
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