Instant Pot Lawsuit

An Ohio woman filed a lawsuit on November 20 in Michigan, alleging that she received severe burns after a Maxi-Matic pressure cooker’s lid suddenly exploded, spraying the woman with scalding hot food.

The lawsuit alleges the device was defectively manufactured and designed, and lacked important safety features which should have stopped the lid from opening while the device’s contents were still under pressure.

The lawsuit indicates the woman was cooking turkey legs in the pressure cooker when it exploded. The lawsuit claims that she was standing several feet away from the device, not touching it, when it exploded, ejecting boiling hot food onto her foot, torso, shoulders, arms, neck and face, severely burning her and necessitating a visit to the trauma bay of an emergency room.

The woman’s burns were allegedly so severe that the emergency room couldn’t treat her and she had to be sent to a burn center at a different hospital.

The lawsuit alleges she suffered third- and second-degree burns, leading to permanent disfigurement and scars, necessitating numerous follow-up visits to a burn center.

A lawsuit was filed by a Texas woman in Texas on September 19 alleging that the woman was severely burned by her Ninja Foodi pressure cooking exploding as its lid was removed. The lawsuit claims the device did not have adequate safety features and did not provide vital warnings which indicated its contents were under pressure.

The lawsuit alleges that the woman was preparing gumbo in the device in January 2023 when she set the device to “sear,” a setting she indicates is non-pressurized. However, when the woman went to add additional ingredients, she alleges she discovered the contents were actually under pressure.

The lawsuit alleges that as she removed the pot’s lid, she was immediately covered in boiling hot liquid which spewed from he pressurized device, covering her torso and forearm. The lawsuit claims she was left with 2nd and 3rd degree burns.

A lawsuit has been filed against Amazon by a Texas woman who claims the online retailer sold her a defective, unreasonably dangerous Instant Pot. The pressure cooker allegedly sprayed scalding hot contents all over her after exploding while its lid was removed, which shouldn’t have been allowed to happen due to its advertised safety features.

The complaint alleges that less than one month after purchasing the device on Amazon, the device let her rotate as well as open its lid while she wasn’t aware its contents were under pressure, leading to an explosion which forcefully ejected scalding hot contents onto her, causing substantial and serious burns.

The lawsuit notes that while Instant Brands is going through bankruptcy and thus an automatic stay on lawsuits filed against them has been imposed, Amazon should also end up being held liable for selling her a dangerous product.

The lawsuit alleges that the product is advertised as being able to prevent users from opening the units while the units are in use.

A lawsuit has been filed against Target by a Minnesota woman who alleges Target sold her a pressure cooker made by Instant Pot with a defective design which caused it to explode and severely burn her after its safety features failed to prevent its lid from being removed before the device was depressurized.

The lawsuit seeks damages from Midea America Corp and Target.

The lawsuit alleges that the woman was able to rotate as well as open the lid to the Instant Pot Duo Crisp while the device was under pressure, causing the device to explode and forcefully eject its scalding hot contents all over her, causing substantial, serious burns.

A lawsuit was filed in May in New Mexico by a New Mexico man who claims that an Instant Pot DUO Pressure Cooker burned him. The lawsuit names Midea America Corp. and Amazon as defendants.

According to the lawsuit, he purchased the pressure cooker on Amazon in 2017, then, in 2022, was severely burned after being able to open its lid while the device was still under pressure, leading to the scalding-hot contents of the device exploding out of the pressure cooker.

The lawsuit alleges the device was negligently and defectively manufactured and designed because it failed to prevent its lid from being removed while its contents were hot and under pressure.

A lawsuit filed in Louisiana alleges a man suffered burns due to a defectively, negligently manufactured and designed Aldi Ambiano 9-in-1 Programmable Pressure Cooker.

The lawsuit alleges the man was burned in February 2023 when his pressure cooker exploded. The man alleges this happened because the device’s safety features failed. These safety features are designed to make sure the lid of the pressure cooker stays in place while the device is pressurized.

A lawsuit was filed on May 13 alleging that a mother and son were seriously burned by an Insignia 8-Quart Multi-Function Pressure Cooker.

The lawsuit, which was filed against Best Buy, claims a defective pressure cooker seriously burned a Louisiana mother and her 7-year-old son.

The unit was recalled in October 2023 just months after the incident occurred.

The recall states that incorrect volume markings on the inner pot can lead to consumers overfilling pots, which may lead to hot liquid and foods being ejected when cookers are vented with quick release methods or opened while contents are under pressure, posing burn hazards to users.

The lawsuit argues the pressure cooker is defective since users can open its lid while it is under pressure, leading to dangerously hot liquid and food getting ejected from the pot.

A lawsuit filed by an Ohio woman on May 20 in Ohio alleges that the woman was severely burned when her GoWise pressure cooker’s locking pins did not keep its lid closed while its contents were pressurized.

The lawsuit alleges the pressure cooker was unreasonably dangerous and defective because it did not include safety features which should have prevented the woman from removing its lid while the contents were under pressure and hot, leading to scalding hot liquid being forcefully and suddenly ejected.

The woman alleges she was severely burned in July 2022 after thinking the cooker was done cooking and had released all its steam, letting her open the device by rotating its lid. However, the cooker still had intense pressure inside of it.

The woman claims she believed statements made by the manufacturer that the cooker’s lid can’t be removed while the cooker is under pressure.

The lawsuit alleges that the incident happened because the manufacturers failed to redesign the cooker despite safer, economical alternative designs being available.

A lawsuit was filed in Florida by a Florida woman on April 2 alleging that she suffered disfiguring, severe burns due to the lid of a Ninja Foodie pressure cooker blowing off unexpectedly. The lawsuit claims that the device is defective and unreasonably dangerous for its intended use.

The lawsuit claims that while the pressure cooker was cooking food, its lid suddenly and unexpectedly blew off explosively, forcefully ejecting the cooker’s contents onto the woman, causing disfiguring, severe burns.

Most pressure cooker lawsuits these days seem to allege that safety features intended to prevent the lid from being removed while the contents are under pressure fail, allowing users to remove the lid while the contents are under pressure, resulting in explosions which cause burns. This lawsuit is different in that the plaintiff did not attempt to remove the lid, but rather the lid exploded off on its own.

A lawsuit has been filed by a Georgia woman in Georgia on March 29 which alleges that Instant Pot pressure cookers have defective designs, containing safety features which fail to prevent their lids from being removed when the contents are under pressure.

The lawsuit alleges the woman suffered from severe burn injuries after her Instant Pot exploded. The lawsuit claims that despite safety features which were supposed to prevent this, she was capable of rotating and opening the lid while the cooker’s contents were under pressure, resulting an explosion that doused her with hot food, causing serious burn injuries.

A couple from Washington has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Crock Pot brand pressure cooker exploded, spraying the couple with scalding hot food which severely burned them.

The lawsuit alleges that the pressure cooker’s safety features failed, allowing the device’s lid to be removed while the device’s contents were still under pressure.

The lawsuit alleges that one of the plaintiffs suffered disfiguring, severe injuries to her hands and chest, and that the other plaintiff suffered burns to his arm.

A lawsuit filed on March 14 in Alabama claims that scalding hot food burst out of an Alabama woman’s Instant Pot unexpectedly, burning her.

She alleges the food was explosively ejected from the pressure cooker, causing long-term disfigurement.

The lawsuit alleges that while the pressure cooker’s design should prevent users from lifting the lid while the contents are under pressure, the woman was able to rotate and open the lid of the Instant Pot while its contents were hot and under pressure, causing the food to burst out and cover her body, burning it.

The lawsuit argues the pressure cooker was defective, negligently designed, and is seeking compensation for future, present and past emotional and physical pain.

A lawsuit filed in New Jersey alleges that an Instant Pot’s defective design caused its lid to come off while its hot contents remained under pressure, leading to a pressure cooker explosion which seriously burned a Kentucky man. The lawsuit alleges the man opened its lid, thinking the pressure was already released, and his Instant Pot’s contents exploded all over him. The lawsuit alleges that despite the manufacturer advertising safety mechanisms which were supposed to prevent the lid from opening while its contents were under pressure, he was still able to rotate and subsequently remove the lid even though the Instant Pot’s contents were still pressurized.

A lawsuit alleges that a California man was seriously burned by a Sensio Bella pressure cooker, a pressure cooker which was recalled in August 2023 after reports that similar injuries happened when their lids exploded open with hot, pressurized contents inside, causing hot food to spray forcefully onto unsuspecting consumers. The lawsuit alleges that the pressure cooker was defective and unreasonably dangerous because its safety features did not prevent its lid from opening by itself during use.

When the pressure cookers were recalled in August 2023, the recall affected almost 900,000 units, and there had been 63 or more explosion reports at the time.

On September 29, 2023, a lawsuit was filed in Louisiana alleging that Walmart sold a defective Farberware pressure cooker which exploded, causing a Louisiana woman to be seriously burned. The lawsuit claims that the woman released the device’s pressure valve and went to remove its lid, and that the device then exploded, spraying hot steam and liquid across her body. The lawsuit alleges that the device’s safety features were inadequate to prevent the device from exploding when used as intended or in a reasonably foreseeable manner.

On September 8, 2023, a lawsuit was filed alleging that a Crock-Pot pressure cooker exploded when a woman opened its lid while its contents were still pressurized, causing the woman to be severely burned on her abdomen, breasts and chest. The woman allegedly has been permanently disfigured and is allegedly now physically impaired. The lawsuit claims the lid would be unable to be removed if the product had safety features which were adequate.

On August 16, a lawsuit was filed in California alleging that a woman was seriously burned after the lid of her pressure cooker, a Ninja Foodi, unexpectedly blew off, spraying hot food all over her body. The lawsuit alleges the woman was left with disfiguring, severe burns.

In June 2023, Instant Pot manufacturer Instant Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

In March 2023, a lawsuit was filed in Alabama claiming that an Alabama man suffered substantial, serious burns when he was able to open and rotate an Instant Pot’s lid while its contents were still pressurized. Scalding hot food was allegedly sprayed all over the man’s body when this occurred. The lawsuit alleges that the Instant Pot’s safety features failed.

In January 2023, a lawsuit was filed in Indiana claiming that substantial, serious burn injuries occurred when an Instant Pot Duo Nova exploded after its safety features failed, allowing the lid to be removed while the pressure cooker’s contents were still pressurized. The plaintiff alleges he was burned over large sections of his body and has suffered permanent injuries.

In July 2022, a lawsuit was filed in Tennessee alleging that a Tennessee man suffered severe burns after hot food was forcefully ejected onto his body by an Instant Pot Pro Crisp Multi-Use Pressure Cooker and Air Fryer. The lawsuit claims that the cooker’s safety features failed, allowing its lid to be removed while steam and pressure were still built up inside the Instant Pot.

In April 2022, a lawsuit was filed in Alabama alleging that an Alabama man was injured after scalding hot food was forcefully ejected from an Instant Pot. The lawsuit claims the device’s safety features failed, allowing its lid to be removed while the contents of the device were still under pressure. The lawsuit claims the man suffered substantial, severe burn injuries.