( June 2, 2026, 1:28 PM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina federal judge on June 1 denied a battery distributor’s motion to dismiss as untimely a personal injury lawsuit brought against it by a husband and wife for burns the husband suffered when an e-cigarette battery exploded in his pocket, finding that the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged that the court should apply equitable tolling to their suit because they filed it as soon as they identified the distributor....