Exploding Pressure Cookers and Defective Products: A Legal Analysis

The provided content discusses the safety concerns and lawsuits related to Tristar's Power Pressure Cooker XL, a product marketed as a 'miracle' cooking system that cuts down cooking time by 70%. Despite claims of numerous safety features, the cooker has been involved in several explosions, resulting in severe burns to users. The manufacturer faces numerous lawsuits for its defective and dangerous product. A legal claim can help inform customers of possible defects, inspect equipment, and provide compensation for damages. To avoid such issues, it is recommended to choose a genuine manufacturer, ignore unnecessary functions, check safety standards, and stay away from suspicious products.

Defective Power Pressure Cooker
Analysis and Recommendation
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Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Problems with Power Pressure Cooker XL.........................................................................3
5W1H approach...................................................................................................................3
Technical Issues...................................................................................................................4
Legal Actions.......................................................................................................................4
Considerations.....................................................................................................................6
Recommendations................................................................................................................7
Bibliography........................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Power Pressure Cooker XL is a brand of Digital Pressure cooker made by Tristar
Products, who are the vendors of Power Juicer and Genie Bra. As per the company, the pressure
can cook food 70% quicker than the conventional cookers. The company claims that this magic
is mainly because of the airtight lid. This Air Tight lid used to trap the steam inside. Because of
this pressure, the moisture and air used to penetrate into the food making the flavor delicious.
This cooker is built on one-touch technology, which means everything can be done on just one
push of a button. (Ha & Joo, 1997)
A pressure cooker is not a new concept, it’s a traditional way of cooking food in which
cooking is done by closing the chamber completely and avoiding air and fluid to escape, this
creates a pressure inside the chamber and food gets cooked 70% quicker than the conventional
ovens. (Tristar, 2018)
Problems with Power Pressure Cooker XL
After reviewing the pressure I got to know that recipes take more time to cook than what
claimed by the company. Raw food used to come out while cooking the food as lid used to open

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and this is very common. The lid used to blow off from the pressure and all the food which is
very hot landed on you, this is very dangerous. Pressure cooker some time not building the
pressure.
5W1H approach
What: Pressure lid explode. Lid go trapped and while trying to open it, it got exploded
with all the food landing on David. He got severe burns and admitted to the hospital for Several
Days. Who: David (Friend) David was my neighborhood friend. When: November 2017. This
happened in the evening around 8 pm when David was cooking his food. Where: Home,
California. He used to live in California, USA. Why: Pressure Cooker’s lid got stuck and
exploded while David was in the kitchen. How: Company has not followed the safety standard
and due to this incident happened.
Technical Issues
The labeling of products and the safety warning used to be inadequate sometimes. Before
purchasing their products, consumers should look at the security warnings and product labeling.
Understanding the label and warnings given in a foreign language at the cross-border level, it
seems a special challenge. Items that don't meet voluntary or obligatory security benchmarks
have been found in local and online business. Digital Meter sometimes showing wrong
information, and this is one of the major issues with the today's digital-pressure cookers. Lid
overheating is also common technical problems with the digital cookers, companies should
improve the quality of lids. (Ryan, 1950).
During normal and regular operation, pressure cooker produces excessive heat and steam.
According to the owner's manual with a pressure cooker, which is obtained by every consumer
who gets a pressure cooker, the lid should be "only if there is no pressure inside." When the

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defect itself appears, nevertheless, the burning hot material can be torn from the steam trapped
inside the pressure and pressure cooker and the lid is opened by the consumer, causing the
consumer to have significant and painful personal injury. In this defect, a faulty pressure release
valve is incorrectly indicated that the built-up pressure has escaped the equipment, due to which
the pressure cooker must break and rupture during the lid opening by the consumer (Later,
"defect"). The faulty gasket used to open the lid without the pressure despite inbuilt security
feature. Whether the defect itself appears or not, this defect is a serious safety risk for consumers
and the public. (Sutta, 2017)
Legal Actions
Pressure cookers have a terrible reputation for the blast, the bubbling soup in the kitchen
was destroyed. Irrespective the new safety highlights and lock accessible on the most recent
security cooker show, the present pressure cookers are very little more secure than the equipment
utilized for a long time. (Recall Lawsuits: Adjudicative Proceedings, n.d.) Proceedings of this
Act, according to the Class Action Fairness Act 2005, 28 USC. § 1332 (D) (2) The amount of
dispute in this class is more than $ 5,000,000, unique to the interest and cost and civilians of
other states other than the class members, where Tristar is involved or the primary place for its
business. This court can act as a jurisdiction over the defendant as it does enough business in this
state and within this district, there are substantial revenues from the sale of its marketing,
distribution and pressure cooker in this district, and the illegal practices described therein In this
district, it is a complaint in this district that it is under the jurisdiction of the individual in this
district, and thus, Necessary legal rights to be used. Tristar maintains constant and systematic
contact with this district over the sale in Ohio.

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Most pressure cooker blasts are the because of placing the cover on time. At the point
when this happens, the heating substance of a pressure cooker is spread all over the place, if a
cook of a family is close to their pressure cooker, they can have some serious burns. Power
pressure cooker XL of Tristar is especially unsafe, many clinical centers and hospitals admitted
third degrees burned patients due to cooker explosions. The organization faces numerous
lawsuits for its defective and dangerous item. Even while remembering the wider history of this
product, many power pressures continue to be on shelves, including the cooker XL. The subject
of many recent lawsuits, this cooker was advertised as a "miracle" system, which cuts down to
70 percent in cooking time. Apart from this, the manufacturer has alleged that it is equipped with
many safety features, including a safe-lock lid until the food is ready, steam-release valves,
pressure and temperature control also include heat, prevention, and temperature to be cut to
maintain.
A legal claim can help manufacturer inform the customers of any possible defects,
memorize equipment and inspect them, and repair or replace them as required. An effective legal
claim can similarly help different organizations to release possibly dangerous kitchen product
available and to reward the individuals who own the cooker.
In case your pressure cooker burst or explodes, at that point you might be qualified for a
lawsuit against the maker and retailer. A claim can give compensation to The amount of the
Doctor's visit expense present and future, Amount of wages lost, Amount of the pain you have
suffered.
Considerations
Is the product defective?

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Before buying any products, we should look at the products quality and try to find out the
defects. In case of defect found we should return it or send it to service centers. Most of the
Power Pressure Cooker XL were defective. An individual can file a lawsuit with the company
regarding the defective product.
What kind of defect?
We should try to figure out what kind of problem exists in the product, as in the case of
power pressure cooker, the problem was with the lid. This was the problem form the company
side.
Would this product in its current configuration pass a risk-utility analysis?
In legal disputes regard to item obligation, a risk-utility test is utilized to decide if the
item's design or cautioning is faulty, making the manufacturers be at risk for injuries caused by
their item.
Recommendations
The first step is choosing a genuine manufacturer. A genuine manufacturer will make a
genuine product with batter safety features and high-quality material. The second step is ignoring
the functions that don’t need. There are various cookers with lots of options and buttons, while
the user only needs basic features. Over functions can also cause a defect in the cookers in the
case you are not aware of it. The third step is to check safety standards before and after buying
the cooker. Because safety instruction will help you to sort out the functions and hazards while
using the product and this will keep you safe. Don’t buy oversized cooker if you don’t need it.
Stay away from cooker it finds some suspicious activity in that.

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Bibliography
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http://google.com/patents/us5839357
Recall Lawsuits: Adjudicative Proceedings. (n.d.). Retrieved 2 26, 2018, from
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/Recall-Lawsuits/Adjudicative-Proceedings/
Ryan, M. E. (1950). Automatically controlled electric pressure cooker. Retrieved 2 24, 2018,
from http://freepatentsonline.com/2495603.html
Sutta, D. (2017). Woman Warns Of Exploding Pressure Cooker After Suffering Severe Burns.
CBS Miami.
Tristar. (2018, 02 28). Power Pressure Cooker XL. Retrieved from Power Pressure Cooker:
http://www.powerpressurecooker.com/