While Samsung has started to distribute this Monday new Galaxy Note 7 in South Korea and in several European countries such as Great Britain, the giant of the electronics is not about to turn the page of the batteries is explosive. A complaint has been filed in the United States last Friday by a user claiming to be suffering from severe burns after the explosion in his smartphone.
According to Reuters , which reports information, the filing of a complaint has taken place in the aftermath of the recall by Samsung, to one million Galaxy Note 7 across the Atlantic . “We do not comment on pending litigation”, merely to meet the south-Korean company, before recalling : “We urge all owners to Note 7 to turn off their device and trade it in immediately.”
A reminder of the “too late”
Jonathan Strobel, the young man 28 years of age at the origin of the complaint, says that he was in a supermarket in Palm Beach, Florida on September 9, when its Galaxy Note 7 has exploded. The device, which was in his pocket, burned it to the right leg, through his pants. It is also said to be suffering from severe burns, second-degree, left thumb. He had tried to remove the smartphone from his pocket when it began to heat dangerously.
“Unfortunately for my client, the recall [of the phone] is too late,” said the lawyer, Jonathan Strobel, Keith Pierro. The young man hopes to obtain damages to cover medical expenses, make up for his lack of wages and pain caused by his wounds.
The first complaint against Samsung might not be the last, despite the arrival of new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on the u.s. market next Wednesday. The american Commission for the protection of consumers was indicated on 15 September that 92 incidents had been recorded to this date in the United States, including 26 that resulted in burns and 55 property damage.
a week ago, the New York Post claimed that a boy of six years had been burned by watching videos on a Galaxy Note 7 that exploded between his hands.
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