State Farm Fails to Tie Hoverboard Batteries to Samsung in Suit

Home insurer State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. lacks proof that two hoverboards blamed for a house fire contained any batteries made by Samsung SDI Co., a federal court in Mississippi ruled.

An emailed Amazon receipt for one of the devices, describing it in part as “w/ Samsung Battery,” is inadmissible as hearsay for the purpose of showing the description’s truth, Judge Michael P. Mills said Thursday, calling the issue “novel.”

Hoverboards described as having Samsung batteries were at issue in another house fire case that Amazon.com Inc. recently got out of. The batteries in that incident were allegedly counterfeit. ...