Product Liability & Mass Torts Digest

In August 2018, Robert Franklin bought an iPhone 6 from his local Walmart Supercenter in Sulphur Springs, Texas. A year later, according to Franklin, his phone blew up—but not in the metaphorical sense—injuring his eyes and wrist. Franklin brought design defect, manufacturing defect, failure-to-warn, and unfair practices claims in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of himself and all other iPhone 6 (and 6 Plus, 6S, and 6S Plus) owners who were injured by exploding iPhones. Franklin v. Apple Inc., 2021 WL 4989952 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 27, 2021).