Chervon Accused of Selling Lithium Batteries That Can Catch Fire

Chervon North America Inc. was hit with a proposed class action Friday alleging that its SKIL PWRCORE 40 lithium batteries are defective because they can overheat and catch fire.

Anthony Desparrois, who filed the complaint in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, seeks to represent a nationwide class and Illinois subclass of consumers who purchased the recalled batteries within the applicable statute of limitations.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has received 100 reports of incidents involving the batteries including overheating, melting, smoking and fire—including eight reports of minor burns and/or smoke inhalation and 49 reports of ...