Household products recalls, lawsuits overview:
- Who: Lexmark International, QVC and Anker recently initiated household product recalls while consumers filed lawsuits involving household products against Antadi LLC and SharkNinja Operating LLC.
- Why: The companies initiated the recalls over safety concerns, and consumers filed complaints alleging an unsafe blender and falsely advertised air purifiers.
- Where: The recalls affect consumers nationwide; the lawsuits were filed in U.S. federal courts.
Several major companies, including Lexmark International, QVC and Anker, recently issued recalls for household products, including blenders, air purifiers, printers, oven gloves and speakers. Additionally, consumers filed class action lawsuits against SharkNinja Operating LLC over blender injuries and Antadi LLC over air purifier advertising.
Lexmark speciality printers recalled over fire risk concerns
Lexmark International issued a recall for more than 40,000 specialty printers earlier this month over concerns a metal part inside of the printer could dislodge, posing a fire risk.
The recall, which includes an additional 4,000 printers sold in Canada, involves models MS725dvn and MX725adve Lexmark speciality printers used for printing on paper, vinyl signs, banners and other plastics.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Lexmark printers and contact the company to receive a free repair kit, the recall notice states. Lexmark said it has received two reports of the recalled printers overheating, leading to one fire.
QVC recalls oven gloves over potentially inadequate heat protection
QVC issued a recall for more than 1 million pairs of oven gloves in December over concerns they fail to provide enough heat protection.
The recall involves Temp-tations Oven Gloves QVC imported and sold in single pairs, sets of two and sets with drying mats or trivets.
QVC says it received nearly 100 reports of burns related to the recalled gloves, the recall notice states Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled oven gloves and contact QVC to receive a full refund.
Anker recalls speakers over concerns their batteries can overheat
Chinese electronics company Anker issued a recall for some of its speakers in December over concerns their batteries can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
The recall involves around 69,000 Anker Soundcore (A3102) and PowerConf Bluetooth (A3302) speakers sold in the United States and about 9,764 sold in Canada.
Anker sold the recalled speakers exclusively on Amazon in 2023, according to the recall notice. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled speakers and make sure they are powered off and not connected to an external power source or charger.
Anker says it received 33 reports of the batteries in the recalled speakers overheating, with some of the incidents including cases of smoking and small fires, the recall notice states.
SharkNinja blender pieces exploded in consumer’s eye, suit says
A consumer filed a lawsuit against SharkNinja Operating LLC earlier this month over claims a SharkNinja blender seriously injured her.
The lawsuit argues the SharkNinja blender was defective, causing it to explode.Pieces of the blender allegedly broke off the device and hit the consumer in her eye.
The consumer claims she suffered severe and permanent injuries from the alleged incident, including a near-total loss of vision in her left eye.
“The subject product… was not reasonably safe in its design, manufacture and/or adequate warnings at the time it left control of the defendant SharkNinja,” the SharkNinja lawsuit says.
The consumer seeks $3.75 million in damages for her injuries, including pain and suffering, medical expenses and lost wages.
Aroeve air purifiers falsely advertised filtration standards, class action claims
A consumer filed a class action lawsuit against Antadi LLC in late December over claims the company falsely advertised that its Aroeve air purifiers contain high-efficiency particulate air filters and meet medical-grade filtration standards.
The class action lawsuit argues certain models of Aroeve air purifiers do not actually meet HEPA 13 (H13) filtration standards as advertised by the company.
“Reasonable consumers have had no opportunity to find this out for themselves because they cannot conduct HEPA testing to verify the H13 rating of the products,” the Aroeve air purifiers class action says.
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