Porcelain Interior of Wolf Appliance Self-Cleaning Built-In Ovens Is Defective, Class Action Claims

New to ClassAction.org? Read our Newswire Disclaimer

Wolf Appliance, Inc. finds itself as the defendant in a proposed class action in which the plaintiff claims the blue porcelain interiors of the company’s L, M and E series built-in ovens are defective in that they’re prone to “chip, crack or craze through regular use,” particularly through use of the ovens’ self-cleaning function. The complaint states that in addition to aesthetic damage caused by the supposed defect, loose porcelain chips could contaminate food.

According to the complaint, Wolf Appliance has known of the alleged defect since at least early 2008, and has supposedly known of the extensiveness of the problem as recently as 2015. Proposed class members, the case says, have been harmed simply in the fact that their ovens, which command a retail price anywhere from $4,000 to more than $17,000, the suit notes, cannot be used for their intended purpose—whether it be cooking or (self) cleaning.

“As a result of the Defect, the Ovens do not satisfy several of the key purposes for which they were purchased, i.e.: (1) cooking food without damaging the Ovens’ interior; (2) self-cleaning the Ovens without causing damage to the oven interior; (3) maintaining the purity of the Ovens’ interiors, including Wolf’s signature aesthetics; and (4) cooking food and self-cleaning the oven without the risk that porcelain flakes or pieces will be dislodged from the oven cavity and expose users to having the porcelain chips blown around and onto food contained in the Ovens.”