LG Chem Faces E-Cig Battery Suit in Georgia Per New SCOTUS Case

LG Chem Ltd., the South Korean conglomerate that has fought jurisdiction across the U.S. in numerous suits alleging its batteries caused burn injuries to e-cigarette users, just ran into a new U.S. Supreme Court decision wielded in two cases in Georgia state courts.

Evidence about LG Chem presented at a hearing, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month in Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, led a judge for the Chatham County State Court to find in a Wednesday order that the company “has substantial contacts with the state of Georgia, whereby subjecting it ...