Don’t Use Explosive or Incendiary Devices

  • An expectant couple was charged with involuntary manslaughter when their smoke generating device sparked the El Dorado fire in San Bernadino, California. A firefighter lost his life in that fire, and the blaze destroyed 36 square miles.

  • A Michigan man killed by cannon at a gender reveal party was a bystander when the cannon broke apart from the explosion. The cannon pieces became the shrapnel that killed him.

  • A soon-to-be grandmother was killed by a homemade pipe bomb in Iowa when the gunpowder in the device caused shrapnel to kill her instantly.

Think About Potential Liability From the Gender Reveal

Rethink Your Gender Reveal Party

  • Can You Be Charged for Arson in Gender Reveals Gone Wrong? (FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life)
  • Social Host Liability: Legal Tips Before Serving Alcohol at a Party (FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life)
  • Premises Liability: Who Is Responsible? (FindLaw’s Learn About the Law)

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