The device that reportedly detonated in Bishop’s mouth was a VGOD Pro Mech 2 vape pen that he bought at Create a Cig Cordova, according the lawsuit that targets both the the store and the manufacturer, as well as a US affiliate of LG Electronics, a South Korean company that made the batteries.
Create a Cig has offered more than 30 legal defenses denying fault for the explosion, including that the company did not make the e-cigarette or the battery, that Bishop assumed the risk of using the device, and that the explosion was his own fault.
VGOD is using similar defenses, arguing that: ‘(The) Plaintiff so carelessly and negligently conducted himself that he, by his own negligence, contributed directly and proximately to his own injuries.’ LG Electronics spokesman, John Taylor, said his company filed a motion asking the judge remove them from the lawsuit, claiming Bishop is ‘barking up the wrong tree because LG Electronics doesn’t make any batteries.’
He said a sister company, LG Chemical, actually makes the batteries.
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