Texas Supreme Court To Hear Battery Maker’s Challenge In Exploding Vape Case

Mealey's ( March 6, 2023, 10:37 AM EST) -- AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court granted two petitions for review, one filed by a Korean battery-maker and one by its U.S. subsidiary, which are seeking to challenge a Texas appellate panel’s rulings affirming a trial court’s finding of personal jurisdiction over them in a personal injury lawsuit brought by a man who claims that they manufactured the battery that exploded in his portable e-cigarette vape device, causing him severe burns....