A French court has awarded a payout of more than €1mto a woman whose skull was cracked by an exploding whipped cream dispenser, in a case echoing the death of a fitness blogger in June. When the whipped cream canister exploded in December 2013, it cracked Lada’s skull, prompting intracranial bleeding and tore off part of her face. Fitness blogger dies after exploding whipped cream dispenser hits her Read moreHowever, Lada can no longer work and has lost her sense of taste and smell, she added. Photograph: FacebookAXA has appealed against the decision, saying supermarket chain Auchan should bear some responsibility as it sold the canister. The court disagreed, finding that Auchan was not liable because Lada could not produce a receipt proving her purchase.

Source: The Guardian August 05, 2017 20:15 UTC