Mealey's ( October 10, 2022, 10:50 AM EDT) -- EL PASO, Texas — A split Texas appellate panel reversed a trial court and found jurisdiction over a South Korean battery maker and its U.S. subsidiary for claims brought by a man burned after the batteries in his e-cigarette vape device exploded in his pocket, ruling that the battery companies’ arguments that they did not intend their products to be used in vapes go to the merits and do not preclude jurisdiction....