Florida Man Sues Samsung, Says Galaxy Note 7 Exploded (reuters.com)

An anonymous reader shares a Reuters report: Samsung Electronics Co was sued on Friday by a Florida man who said he suffered severe burns after his Galaxy Note 7 smartphone exploded in his front pants pocket. The lawsuit by Jonathan Strobel may be the first in the United States by a Samsung phone user against the South Korean company over a battery defect linked to the Note 7. It was filed one day after Samsung recalled about 1 million Note 7s sold in the United States. Samsung has received 92 reports of batteries overheating in the United States, including 26 reports of burns and 55 reports of property damage, U.S. safety regulators said. "We don't comment on pending litigation," Samsung spokeswoman Danielle Meister Cohen said in an email. "We are urging all Note 7 owners to power their device down and exchange it immediately." Strobel, 28, of Boca Raton, said he was in a Costco store in Palm Beach Gardens on Sept. 9 when his Note 7 exploded. He said the phone burned directly through his pants, resulting in severe burns on his right leg.

Comments

Re:Like suing McDonald's for hot coffee

[thsths]

Are you joking? Coffee is supposed to be hot, a phone is not supposed to explode. (And McDondald's got in trouble because their coffee was hotter than usual, and they had ignored the risk involved.)

Samsung has not responded well to this problem, and they will pay the price.

it's funny how these things work

[roc97007]

I think I'd be willing to bet my next paycheck that the phone "exploding" is hyperbole by either the plaintiff or the press. Moreover, didn't the initial reports stipulate that the batteries overheated during charging? It's difficult to believe that a phone not connected to anything spontaneously detonated in a pants pocket. The trial might be really entertaining, but Samsung will probably settle out of court.