Sensio class action claims pressure cooker recall ‘complete failure’

Sensio pressure cookers recall overview:

• Who: Plaintiff Delana Brandon filed a class action lawsuit against Sensio Inc.
• Why: Brandon says a Sensio recall of defective pressure cookers was “designed to benefit very few customers who purchased the product,” including consumers like herself who were injured while using a recalled pressure cooker.
• Where: The Sensio recall class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court.

Last August, Sensio Inc. recalled nearly 860,000 pressure cookers due to a defective lid-locking assembly, but a new class action lawsuit alleges the Sensio recall was a “complete and abject failure.”

On April 16, plaintiff Delana Brandon filed a Sensio class action lawsuit claiming the pressure cookers recall involves products with a “dangerously defective” lid-locking assembly, potentially posing a significant burn risk.

“The assembly allows a pressure cooker’s lid to open while the cooker’s contents are still under pressure, causing the super-heated contents to erupt from the cooker (in violation of UL Standard for Safety for Pressure Cookers, UL 136) and scald consumers with second- and third-degree burns,” the Sensio class action lawsuit states.

Brandon says she purchased a Sensio pressure cooker in July 2018 based on the company’s representations about the pressure cooker quality and the company’s reputation for producing reliable products. 

In 2019, Brandon suffered significant burns when she opened the pressure cooker lid while the heated contents were under pressure, according to the Sensio class action lawsuit. She says she was unaware that the lid could be opened when the contents were scalding hot, and assumed her injuries were the result of a “freak occurrence” with an appliance that otherwise functioned normally.

Sensio pressure cookers recall ‘extremely limited in nature,’ plaintiff says

She says she did not realize her pressure cooker was defective until the Sensio recall was announced in August 2023. She says Sensio refused to issue a refund because she no longer had the pressure cooker, and she was allegedly told that the recall was not applicable to her because she had been injured by the product.

The Sensio pressure cookers recall “has been a complete and abject failure because it is extremely limited in nature,” the Sensio class action lawsuit alleges. Brandon claims it was “designed to benefit very few of the consumers who purchased the product.”

Brandon filed the class action lawsuit on behalf of U.S. consumers who purchased any pressure cooker included in the Sensio recall during the class period.

The Sensio class action lawsuit asserts claims for violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act and unjust enrichment.

Another Sensio class action lawsuit was filed shortly after the August Sensio pressure cookers recall.

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Brandon is represented by Philip J. Furia and Jason P. Sultzer of Sultzer & Lipari PLLC and Paul J. Doolittle of Poulin Willey Anastopoulo.

The Sensio pressure cookers recall class action lawsuit is Delana Brandon v. Sensio Inc., Case No. 1:24-cv-02859, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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