March 11, 2021
A Mississippi federal judge on Thursday dismissed a product liability suit against Samsung SDI Co. alleging its defective batteries caused a house fire, ruling that State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. cannot use an Amazon receipt to allege Samsung made the batteries.
October 15, 2020
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is aiming to shoot down Samsung SDI America Inc.'s bid to escape a suit in Mississippi federal court alleging it provided defective batteries that caused a pair of hoverboards to burn down a house, saying the tech company hasn't given any proof that it didn't manufacture any of the batteries involved.
October 02, 2020
Samsung SDI Co. is asking a Mississippi federal court to release it from a suit alleging that its batteries caused a hoverboard to catch fire and destroy a State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. policyholder's home, arguing there's no evidence it made the batteries in the first place.
November 04, 2019
A Mississippi federal judge has denied Amazon's attempt to escape a suit alleging a hoverboard made by Samsung and sold by Amazon burned down a State Farm-insured home after it exploded, ruling that the insurer's claims that Amazon didn't warn about the product's dangers "remain viable."