iPod touch explodes in child's pocket

Apple facing lawsuit over melted spandex pants

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13 March 2009 17:06 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

Apple is facing a new lawsuit, accused of "gross negligence and recklessness" and conducting themselves "maliciously and fraudulently" over a supposedly exploding iPod touch.

The case has been filed in the States, in the Southern District of Ohio, by a Cincinnati mother whose kid's iPod apparently spontaneously combusted.

The woman is suing not just Apple but also staff at the Apple Store where the product was bought.

According to the court documents, the plaintiff had his iPod touch in his pocket at school when the "explosion" happened.

Apparently the iPod touch was off, when it "unexpectedly popped and caused the kid to feel a burning sensation", the boy then noticed that his "pants" were on fire.

The docs state: "Plaintiff A.V. immediately ran to the bathroom and took off his burning pants with the assistance of a friend. On said date and at said time, the Apple iTouch (sic) had burned through Plaintiff A.V.'s pants pocket and melted through his nylon/spandex underwear, burning his leg".

The kid allegedly got second degree burns on his leg as well as a junked touch, exploded trousers and the fact that everyone now knows he wears spandex pants.

The lawsuit is claiming damages for all of the above as well as "pain, mental distress, emotional distress, and otherwise for the rest of his life" to the tune of $75k plus punitive damages.

We will keep you posted.

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  • The ipod explodes in child's pocket. The news is really critical. First of all I dont know why the children are allowed to keep gadgets with them when they are in school. Secondly there was a previous case with noki batteries explosion so the manufacturers must be careful and pay attention towards these things.
    Hope this not to be repeated in future.     Posted by Prashant Bansal, INDIA
  • My favourite bit is "pain, mental distress, emotional distress, and otherwise for the rest of his life".

    Rest of his life? As in entire life? :-) This assumes the boy will grow up to be an adult forever haunted by burning spandex and exploding pants.

    Utterly ridiculous.

    Of course all of these psychological issues can be resolved with a $75 000 cheque.     Posted by K.A. Noone, UK
  • cost of living must be low in cincinnati, if $75k will cover you for life.

    and what, exactly, do they mean by otherwise?     Posted by birdman, US
  • They should receive compensation for the burn treatments but not a penny more.

    The claims that mother is making make her look like shes just trying to make money off of this. Stupid people need to get over themselves.     Posted by Cuy'val Dar, Canada

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