Bella pressure cooker lawsuit claims Sensio sold an unreasonably dangerous and defective product, which lacked effective safety features to prevent the lid from coming off while the hot contents were still pressurized
Federal safety officials have issued a number of massive recalls in 2023, involving dangerous products that posed serious risks for consumers, including pressure cooker explosions and candy that led to a child's death.
This is the second major pressure cooker recall since August, both involving reports of pressure cooker explosions which caused severe burn injuries to consumers.
The recalled Sensio pressure cookers were sold at major retailers such as Target, Kohl’s, Lowe’s and Macy’s, and may pose a risk of serious burns when the lid is removed, causing pressurized contents to explode onto consumers
Nearly 200,000 burn injuries were reported in 2021, according to the CPSC fire safety campaign.
Nearly 1 million Crock-Pots were recalled months after the lawsuit was filed, indicating that the manufacturer was aware of nearly 100 reports involving pressure cooker burns
Nearly 1 million Crock-Pots were recalled two months after plaintiff suffered severe burn injuries when the pressure cooker safety features failed to prevent lid from being removed while contents were still pressurized
Plaintiff's Crock-Pot Multicooker was one of nearly 1 million recalled due to the risk of serious burn injuries during pressure cooking
Almost a million pressure cookers were subject to a Crock-Pot recall in November 2020, only a few months before the plaintiff suffered devastating burns in a pressure cooker explosion.
During a November 2020 recall, the CPSC reported it received 99 reports of burn injuries linked to the lids coming off of Sunbeam Crock-Pot pressure cookers.
