High Court Denies 2 Petitions In Exploding Vape Cases Against Battery Makers

( June 29, 2026, 3:27 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 denied two separate petitions for writs of certiorari seeking review of cases in which conflicting jurisdictional decisions were reached:  a petition brought by a man who argued that the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals wrongly found no jurisdiction over Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. for injuries he suffered from a vape explosion, and a petition brought by Samsung arguing that Minnesota state courts incorrectly found personal jurisdiction over a separate personal injury claim against it for burns from a vape explosion....