NutriBullet Lawsuit Claims Blender Exploded, Spraying Hot Contents Onto User

Lawsuit alleges woman was pregnant at the time of the explosion and suffered a miscarriage as a result of burn injuries and trauma from the incident.

A Georgia woman has filed a product liability lawsuit alleging that a NutriBullet blender suddenly exploded as she attempted to open it, spraying scalding hot contents onto her face and body.

The complaint (PDF) was brought by Anne Mungai in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on February 27, naming NutriBullet LLC, Homeland Housewares LLC, Capital Brands LLC, Capital Brands Distribution LLC and NutriLiving LLC as defendants.

The NutriBullet is a compact, countertop personal blender. Instead of a traditional pitcher with a removable lid, the system uses a bullet-shaped cup that screws onto a blade assembly and locks into a motorized base. Once activated, stainless steel extractor blades spin at high speeds to chop and pulverize ingredients inside the sealed container.

Although the appliance is not intended to cook food, the high-speed blades can generate friction that heats the contents during operation. Most models include instructions limiting use to about one minute at a time because prolonged blending may warm and pressurize the contents inside the sealed cup. However, if pressure builds up, opening the container immediately after use can result in the sudden release of hot ingredients.

In recent years, a growing number of NutriBullet explosion lawsuits claim these devices can burst open during operation, ejecting hot liquids, metal components and fragments of plastic toward users. Comparable allegations have been made in Ninja Nutri blender cases, where plaintiffs contend the products are defectively designed and do not adequately address the accumulation of heat and internal pressure during ordinary use.

Safety concerns involving these types of blenders echo issues raised in a growing number of pressure cooker lawsuits. Litigation against major brands such as Ninja Foodi, Instant Pot and Crock-Pot centers on allegations that the appliances were advertised with lid-locking safety features designed to prevent opening while contents remain under pressure, yet those mechanisms allegedly fail, allowing the lids to open and spew scalding food and liquid onto users.

NutriBullet Blender Lawsuit

In her lawsuit, Mungai alleges she was injured on March 11, 2024, while using a NutriBullet Model NB-100 blender at her home in Cartersville, Georgia.

Mungai states that she placed room-temperature potatoes, green bananas and spinach into the blender to prepare baby food for her child. After operating the device and removing the cup from the motor base, she began to open the container when it allegedly “violently and unexpectedly exploded,” expelling hot food onto her body.

The complaint alleges she suffered severe, painful and permanent burns to her face, neck, chest, hands and arms as a result of the incident.

At the time of the explosion, Mungai was pregnant. The lawsuit claims that as a direct result of the burn injuries and trauma from the incident, she suffered a miscarriage and lost her unborn child.

According to the filing, some NutriBullet models include a printed circuit board timer designed to automatically shut off the blender after one minute, yet the subject blender allegedly did not contain such a safety feature.

Mungai claims that had the blender included an automatic shutoff timer, the explosion and resulting injuries would not have occurred.

The complaint also indicates that NutriBullet had knowledge of prior similar incidents involving exploding blenders and serious burn injuries, yet failed to recall the product or provide adequate warnings to consumers.

“The NutriBullet Defendants have and continue to conceal and fail to disclose the defective nature of the NutriBullet Blender.”

— Anne Mungai v. NutriBullet LLC et al

Mungai raises allegations of strict liability, negligence and breach of warranty, alleging the blender was defectively designed and unreasonably dangerous for its intended use.

She is seeking compensatory damages for her physical injuries, emotional distress, medical expenses and loss of income, as well as punitive damages, alleging the defendants acted with conscious indifference to consumer safety.

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