Samsung had to withdraw definitively the Galaxy Note 7 in the market due to dozens of cases of units that had been exploited or had been burned down because of a fault related to its design and battery. But the problem could go beyond the Note 7, according to a couple who is suing Samsung for having suffered burns to exploit a Galaxy S6 Active.
Brandon and Jennifer Covert have sued Samsung in the district court of the state of California after "having suffered burns to the point of burning the skin of the man while he attempted to extinguish the flames which came from the terminal." The lawsuit was entered in court on the morning of Wednesday, October 19, so still no verdict, nor has it been proven or disproved the case.
According to a report from The Guardian, the couple slept with his daughter during the early morning hours of August 2, when suddenly they heard "the sound of an explosion, similar to that which makes a weapon". At a table inside of the room was the Galaxy S6 Active Brandon is being burnt and generating a lot of smoke. The flames according to the plaintiffs, exceeded 10 cm in height.
Brandon proceeded to try to shut down the terminal using a t-shirt but he made it impossible, so he grabbed and carried her to the kitchen. There I tossed it in the sink to extinguish the flames using water. However, his hand suffered severe burns.
The lawyers in charge of the case ensure that beyond the physical damage they have also suffered psychological harm believing that the worst would happen in that time, "the mobile phone was a kind of pump that would put at risk all who were in the house", referring to the small daughter of the plaintiffs.
To date more than 90 units of Galaxy Note 7 have been involved in cases of spontaneous combustion and fires, causing material damage in the most. The company pulled the terminal from the market and are currently investigating exactly what caused the failure (a theory speaks of a design flaw). However, there is no case proven of a smartphone explosive Samsung that is not a Note 7, at least until now.
The plaintiffs also mention about 30 complaints of users of different mobile Samsung for the last 5 years have reported "very high temperatures when using the mobile". Samsung has not yet made any statement before this case the Galaxy S6 Active, and the demand, but the next thing we can expect is that the authorities review the detail and verify its truthfulness or what desmientan. For now there is no need to alamarse. [Law Offices Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP via The Guardian]
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