PITTSBURGH – A battery maker charges that a Pennsylvania state court has no personal jurisdiction over it, in an action brought against it by a Western Pennsylvania man who says he suffered severe burns after a lithium ion battery for his vaping device exploded in his pants pocket. Glenn Armstrong of Kittanning first filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Oct. 20 versus Vape Lab, Vape Laboratory and Walter Wright (doing business as “Vape Lab”) of Kittanning, Lithicore, LLC and Lithicore Tech of Houston, Texas, Demand Vape, LLC of Buffalo, N.Y. and John Does 1-3. “On April 2, 2019, Glenn Armstrong acquired several 18650-style lithium ion batteries which had been purchased... [Read more]