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October 30, 2016 08:00 pm
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Family Sues Amazon After Counterfeit Hoverboard Catches Fire, Destroys Home
Three weeks after unboxing a hoverboard, it burst into flames. But is Amazon partly to blame?tripleevenfall quotes The Tennessean: A Nashville family whose $1 million home was destroyed earlier this year in a fire caused by a hoverboard toy is suing Amazon saying the retail giant knowingly sold a dangerous product...The lawsuit says the seller of the hoverboard listed online, "W-Deals," is a sham organization that is registered to an apartment in New York City that has not responded to requests from lawyers in the case. It alleges the family was sold a counterfeit product from China instead of a brand with a Samsung lithium ion battery they believed they were buying from Amazon . It says Tennessee product liability law holds a seller responsible if the manufacturer cannot be found.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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