A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a Pennsylvania woman who was badly injured in 2017 when a can of cooking spray ignited in a commercial kitchen at her workplace and set her aflame
“In a commercial kitchen, that’s a sort of normal place where people leave their cooking spray cans when they’re actually using them. And the same thing has happened all across the country, not necessarily on shelves above stoves, but on shelves near stoves, on countertops," he said.
I’m sure a lot of people store aerosol cans on a shelf above the stove, but it is not a good idea. If a can gets knocked off the shelf, it is going to fall right on the stove. The only worse place might be above a deep fryer.
However, I do not necessarily believe this case should be thrown out for that reason.
“In a commercial kitchen, that’s a sort of normal place where people leave their cooking spray cans when they’re actually using them. And the same thing has happened all across the country, not necessarily on shelves above stoves, but on shelves near stoves, on countertops," he said.
I’m sure a lot of people store aerosol cans on a shelf above the stove, but it is not a good idea. If a can gets knocked off the shelf, it is going to fall right on the stove. The only worse place might be above a deep fryer.
However, I do not necessarily believe this case should be thrown out for that reason.