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SnuggleSafe lawsuit after house fire

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https://casetext.com/case/tower-hill-signature-ins-co-v-lenric-c21-ltd wrote:
I. Background

Plaintiff Tower Hill Signature Insurance Company filed this products liability action on May 6, 2021. (Doc. # 1). Tower Hill alleges that Defendants Lenric C21, Ltd., Pet Supply Imports, Inc., and Amazon.com Services LLC acted tortiously in "selling and delivering a defective 'Snuggle Safe Microwave Heat Pad.'" (Id. at ¶ 11). The Snuggle Safe Microwave Heat Pad was sold to subrogee Kelly Smith in April 2017, and allegedly caused a fire at her home, resulting in "severe damage" to her property. (Id. at ¶¶ 17, 20-23).

The complaint includes the following causes of action against all Defendants: negligence (Count I), strict products liability - failure to warn (Count II), strict products liability - design defect (Count III), strict products liability - manufacturing defendant (Count IV), malfunction theory (Count V), breach of the implied warranty of merchantability (Count VI), and violations of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (Count VII). (Doc. # 1).
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SnuggleSafe started to smoke, burned into the chair

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https://www.amazon.com/review/R3DCNH0FC9MP74/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8 wrote:
Customer Review
Tracy D. Furman
1.0 out of 5 stars I bought this for my mother for her outdoor cat ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2014
Color: SnuggleSafe Microwave Heating Pad | Verified Purchase
I bought this for my mother for her outdoor cat. She warmed it up as instructed and used it a few times outside. The last day she used it was when it started to smoke and burned through the heating pad itself and into the chair she had it on outdoors. She was lucky enough to smell the burning and catch it before it fully caught fire. Not a safe product and she only had it for about a week before that happened. We were never able to get through to customer service because it was a foreign number. We did get credited from Amazon. Please do not risk your safety or your animals safety with this product. We bought a K&H outdoor kitty heated house and that works very well.

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SnuggleSafe leaked scalding hot goo, 2nd degree burns

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M. Huber
1.0 out of 5 stars I HAVE SECOND DEGREE BURNS.
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2020
Color: SnuggleSafe Microwave Heating Pad
Typing this with my left hand because my right hand has 2nd degree burns. I microwaved it for the recommended time, and did not see that it had burst/melted and was leaking fluid. I grabbed it out of the microwave and scalding hot goo leaked all over my hand. I can't emphasize how badly it hurts. If it had not burnt me, it would have burnt my foster kittens and likely killed them. This product is NOT safe.

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SnuggleSafe melted her bed, blankets and crate [VIDEO]

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1.0 out of 5 stars Do NOT buy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2021
Verified Purchase
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This is what is left of my puppies bed after using this product.
I followed the instructions to the letter, yet it over heated, let off toxic fumes & melted her bed, blankets & the base of her crate. The only good thing about this is that the puppy wasn't in the crate at the time. Had I not woken with the smell both of us would have died from the fumes, I received minor burns as I removed the bed from the house, have been sick all night & have a headache. Thankfully the puppy was under the duvet & did not breath in any fumes & has had no ill effects.

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SnuggleSafe burst, heated following instructions

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Nicola
1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Dangerous.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2018
Verified Purchase
Extremely dangerous. This product should not be on sale.

The outer shell burst after removing from the microwave (heated for the correct amount of time following the instructions).

It ruined an expensive coat but could easily have gone into the eyes of a child or even killed a pet.

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SnuggleSafe caught fire, destroying catbox and blanket

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Jenty and Duncan Munro
1.0 out of 5 stars Snugglesafe microwave heating device
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 March 2013
Verified Purchase
See my emails to you.Device caught fire,destroying catbox,blanket and device,almost the cat also.Had this been used indoors,the house would have ben ablaze

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SnuggleSafe under cat basket, everything set on fire

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ina_sn
1,0 von 5 Sternen Lebensgefährlich!
Rezension aus Deutschland vom 16. März 2020
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Nach 3 Monaten Benutzung ist das Kissen unter dem Katzenkörbchen geplatzt, ausgelaufen, alles angezündet. Zum Glück kam ich gerade noch rechtzeitig nach Hause, alles war voller Rauch. Ein Schock! Und ich dachte, elektrisch wäre gefährlich, und war vom Kissen am Anfang so begeistert.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very dangerous!
Reviewed in Germany on March 16, 2020
Verified purchase

After 3 months of use, the pillow under the cat basket burst, leaked, everything set on fire. Fortunately, I got home just in time, everything was full of smoke. A shock! And I thought electrical was dangerous and I was so excited about the pillow at first.
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SnuggleSafe $175,000 lawsuit by Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance

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8. During the evening hours of Februay 20, 2008, Ms. Leidy heated the subject heatpad in her microwave and placed the heatpad in bedding materials on the rear deck of the subject premises in order to keep her cats warm.

9. During the early morning hours of February 21, 2008, a fire erupted on the rear deck of the subject premises, causing substantial damage and destruction to the subject
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Another Snugglesafe Heatpad Fire

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A month ago, our rabbit hutch was destroyed by a fire caused by a Snugglesafe heatpad. This was purchased by Amazon, and it's taken a pre-action letter spelling out product liability law to get them to agree to pay for damages caused. Thank goodness the rabbits had 24/7 access to their run or that would have been the end of them. I've posted a review on Amazon with a photo of what was left of the hutch and run. Trading Standards and the Fire Service have been involved and luckily there was even CCTV footage of the flash caused by the hutch bursting into flames. Poor rabbits - they must be so traumatised. I searched for Snugglesafe in the search box above, and the number of incidents of this nature is shocking: search.php?keywords=snugglesafe
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Snugglesafe caused a major fire - could have burnt the house down

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RA4EAMYJFUNCH/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8" wrote: Customer Review
Pleiades
5.0 out of 5 stars Caused a major fire - could have burnt the house down.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 December 2022
Verified Purchase
Used as clearly indicated on the heatpad itself, there is nothing left of our beautiful 6ft two storey hutch, it’s scratch and newton insulating cover or indeed part of the Eglu walk in run - thanks to this #### thing combusting. Thank goodness our rabbits are ok but now having to be fostered out as we cannot replace all that equipment so quickly. Also it’s lucky this set up isn’t closer to our house or we would have lost our home too.
Only giving this a 5* review so this shows up at the top of reviews as a warning.
Amazon, after a lot of to-ing and fro-ing with online support, have referred to their insurers, who are liaising with the fire brigade and Trading Standards.
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Re: Snuggle Safe Warning!!

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that's horrible. thanks for keeping us all up to date.
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" this company should be sued "

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https://www.amazon.com/review/RCGUIH7M48TNB/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00008AJH9 wrote: Customer Review
Zaria
1.0 out of 5 stars NOT SAFE!!!!!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 9, 2022
Color: SnuggleSafe Microwave Heating PadVerified Purchase
I have kittens that are 4 days old and I’ve had them since 1 day. I decided to purchase this as it would make it easier to keep them warm while I work. I read the instructions correctly and heated it according to the instructions and so I put it under a fleece blanket in the kittens crate. Within minutes there was a smell of burning plastic and their whole crate smelled of it. I took them out and immediately got them fresh air and took the snuggle safe out and it melted through the blanket and burned my boyfriend when he took it away. Luckily kittens are okay but I don’t recommend this product at all unless you want your babies killed. 0/5 stars, this company should be sued.
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It boggles the mind that they would continue making and selling such a dangerous product.
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Fire hazard. Ignited.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Fire Hazard. Ignited.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 21 December 2022
Verified Purchase
After using this for less than 1 month, heating it in the microwave once per day following the instructions to the letter, it ignited in our hands after we removed it from the microwave. It's lucky that we were there to extinguish it otherwise it could have been life threatening. Terrifying to think that it could have happened in our pets cage if we hadn't noticed that it had a strange smell.
Avoid!
It's not worth the risk.
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Buyer beware!! Catches fire

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Erin Boley
1.0 out of 5 stars Do NOT buy!!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 15, 2022
Color: SnuggleSafe Microwave Heating PadVerified Purchase
Buyer beware!! Catches fire even when used on recommended settings! It was great the first few times we used it and my bottle kittens loved it. I won’t be purchasing another.
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