Alibaba sued in US over man’s death from fire caused by printer

Yu’s parents fault the giant online retailer for selling a printer that they said it knew, or should have known, was defective. — AFP

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.