Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company v. Hewlett-Packard Company

  1. October 19, 2023

    Jury Clears HP Of Fire That Insurer Blamed On Laptop Battery

    A Washington federal jury said Thursday a property insurer failed to prove its claim that a defective battery in an HP laptop caused a 2015 New Year's Eve fire that gutted a Seattle-area apartment and killed one of the tenants.

  2. October 17, 2023

    HP Laptop Battery Or Arson? Insurer's Expert Not Sure At Trial

    An investigator hired by a property insurer that claims an HP laptop battery sparked a deadly apartment fire conceded on cross-examination Tuesday that, after hearing a contemporaneous police witness interview read at the Washington trial, he can't rule out the possibility that a resident set the blaze.

  3. October 16, 2023

    HP Tells Jury Drunk Husband, Not Laptop Battery, Started Fire

    Counsel for HP attacked a property insurer's claim that a manufacturing defect in a laptop battery caused a deadly apartment fire during opening statements Monday, playing a Washington jury a 911 call in which a witness tells the dispatcher her partner was drunk and started the blaze.

  4. September 06, 2023

    HP Must Face Trimmed Suit Alleging Fatal Laptop Fire

    A Washington federal judge on Tuesday axed a negligence claim from a property insurer's suit against Hewlett-Packard over a laptop that allegedly started a fatal apartment fire in 2015, while ruling the tech giant must face a strict product liability claim.