Alibaba Sued in US Over Man’s Death From Fire Caused by Printer
- Parents accuse retailer for selling a defective product
- Amazon set new policy in light of product-liability claims
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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. was sued by the parents of a San Francisco man who died when a 3D printer he bought from the retailer’s US portal caught fire in 2020.
Calvin Yu’s parents fault the giant online retailer for selling a printer that they said it knew, or should have known, was defective. They also sued the makers of the pinter, the Chinese electronic firm Tronxy Technology Co.