Ken Weitzel hath wroth:

Respectfully suggest you put suing someone to reclaim your monetary
losses if your house burns down on the back burner.

One my pastimes is collecting product liability horror stories.
There's a real possibility of winning such a judgment based on past
precedents. However, that usually only works for the initial
litigation as subsequent "me-too" litigation tends to be far less
successful. There are exceptions (asbestos, Vioxx, etc).

Think instead about who and how you can sue for the losses of your kids
and/or grandkids if they're sleeping in your house when it goes up. Or
riding in your car when it "explodes" and indirectly causes an accident.
Puts a whole new light on it, eh?

Agreed. However, methinks you misread what I scribbled. I didn't
recommend litigation. I suggested that one buy an approved battery to
avoid the problem in the first place. I also mentioned that
litigation against a battery counterfeiter in China is essentially
futile.

However, I'm starting to wonder if genuine OEM batteries will really
will help. The original exploding Nokia batteries were genuine Nokia
and not counterfeits. Some batteries apparently have no short circuit
protection.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/10/nokia_batteries_not_safe_either/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/14/nokia_thailand_handset/

What bothers me is the number of my customers that don't even bother
to check if their laptops have potentially defective Sony batteries.
I've had to call them for the models and serial numbers.

Assorted battery recall pages:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07011.html
https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com
http://bpr.hpordercenter.com/bpr/us%2Den/
http://www.lenovo.com/batteryprogram/
http://esupport.sony.com/battery/
https://support.apple.com/ibook_powerbook/batteryexchange/
http://www.computers.us.fujitsu.com/battery/
http://www.gateway.com/battery/
http://www.bxinfo.toshiba.com

Take care.

I think taking care pills requires a prescription.

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Jeff Liebermann
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