Carrier Global Corp. unit Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Inc. is free of a proposed class action alleging it sold millions of flawed plastic-handled fire extinguishers, as a California man has dismissed the lawsuit for now.
Daniel Onn, who bought two Kidde model 10BC fire extinguishers with plastic handles in 2017, alleged one failed to discharge when he had a kitchen fire.
Although certain models were recalled in 2015 and 2017, the recalls weren’t effective because many customers were unable to contact Kidde and many others encountered delays in getting replacements, the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern ...
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