January 4, 2022 — Aldi Inc. has been sued by a woman from Texas who was burned when her Ambiano 6-in-1 Programmable Pressure Cooker exploded as soon as she opened the lid.
The plaintiff, Waleska S., is a woman from Texas who was burned on January 2, 2020.
According to the lawsuit, she claims that her her Ambiano 6-in-1 Programmable Pressure Cooker is “dangerously defective” due to safety features that fail to lock the lid until the pressure is released.
When she opened the lid, it caused the “scalding hot contents to be forcefully ejected from the pressure cooker” and onto her body, resulting in “serious and substantial burn injuries.”
In her lawsuit, she claims that Aldi sold a pressure cooker that was “negligently designed and manufactured.”
She is seeking compensation for her bodily injuries, mental anguish, lost income, medical expenses, decreased quality of life, and more.
Her Pressure Cooker Lawsuit was filed against Aldi Inc. on December 14, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Eastern Division) — Case Number 1:21-cv-06654.