Sub-Zero, Wolf class action alleges companies should disclose gas stove pollutant risk

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Sub-Zero, Wolf gas stove pollutant risk class action lawsuit overview: 

• Who: John Bankhurst filed a class action lawsuit against Sub-Zero Group Inc. and Wolf Appliance Inc. 
• Why: Bankhurst argues Sub-Zero and Wolf failed to disclose the alleged health risks associated with using their gas stove, cooktop and oven products. 
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Wisconsin federal court. 
• What are my options: Macy’s offers stove alternatives to Sub-Zero and Wolf.

Sub-Zero Group and Wolf Appliance make, sell, distribute and market gas stoves, cooktops and ovens without disclosing the risk of pollutants, a new class action lawsuit alleges. 

Plaintiff John Bankhurst claims Sub-Zero and Wolf are aware its products “emit health-harming pollutants” but failed to disclose that cooking with gas “harms the health of the households that use it.” 

Bankhurst argues studies have shown gas stoves “emit air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and fine particulate matter” at levels he says health agencies have determined to be unsafe. 

“Defendants are aware of the fact that their Products emit harmful pollutants. Defendants are further aware that use of gas cooking appliances increases the rates of respiratory illness in adults and children,” the Wolf class action states. 

Bankhurst wants to represent a nationwide class and Illinois subclass of consumers who purchased Sub-Zero and Wolf gas stoves, cooktops, and ovens during the applicable statute of limitations. 

Sub-Zero, Wolf could have alternatively designed gas stoves, to avoid alleged risks

Sub-Zero and Wolf could have avoided the risks allegedly associated with its gas stoves, cooktops, and ovens by producing them using “reasonable alternative designs,” the class action alleges. 

“Alternative designs that ‘reduce harmful emissions, without sacrificing heat, have been available for decades,’” the Wolf class action states. 

The class action alleges Sub-Zero and Wolf are guilty of fraudulent omission, breach of implied warranties and quasi-contract, and of violating the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. 

Plaintiff is demanding a jury trial and requesting injunctive relief along with an award of treble, statutory and punitive damages for himself and all class members. 

Similar class action lawsuits were recently filed against Samsung and LG over claims the companies failed to disclose the alleged health risks associated with using their gas stoves. 

Have you purchased a Wolf or Sub-Zero gas stove, cooktop or oven? Let us know in the comments.

The plaintiff is represented by Christin Cho, Jonas B. Jacobson and Simon Franzini of Dovel & Luner, LLP. 

The Sub-Zero, Wolf gas stove pollutant risk class action lawsuit is Bankhurst, et al. v. Sub-Zero Group Inc., et al., Case No. 3:23-cv-00253, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

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