Woman Sues Apple After iPad Allegedly Exploded, Caused Fire That Killed Husband

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Phone explosions no longer make the headlines as often as before, but it doesn’t mean companies can already forget about such incidents that happened in the past.

Apple, for instance, is now dragged to court by a woman who claims that an iPad burst into flames in their kitchen, allegedly causing a fire that eventually hilled her husband.

Julia Ireland Meo says the incident happened in February 2017, and court documents published by Patently Apple point to the battery pack as the culprit.

The fire was “caused by a defect in the subject tablet, specifically affecting the subject tablet’s battery pack,” the papers read.

Apple tight-lipped on the lawsuit

The woman now brought several claims against Apple, including strict products liability, wrongful death, and survival action. Obviously, Apple has r… (read more)

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