'Boiled Alive,' Grandfather Fatally Scalded in Hot Hotel Shower, Lawsuit Alleges

'Boiled alive,' Grandfather fatally scalded in hot hotel shower, lawsuit alleges

A lawsuit claims a grandfather was fatally injured in a hot hotel shower. The water was measured at 136 degrees, the lawsuit alleges.

Lawsuit: Veteran who came to granddaughter’s San Jose State graduation ‘effectively boiled alive’ in hotel shower

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 Trin…