Although the cellular world moves fast, Samsung Electronics has taken too much time to address reports that multiple generations of its devices’ batteries overheat and pose a danger, according to a plaintiffs’ lawyer who filed one of the most recent in a string of lawsuits filed against the Seoul, Korea-based maker of smartphones.
“My view is that Samsung has swept these problems under the rug. They first surfaced five years ago. But Samsung has dragged their feet and caused consumers to have a false sense of security,” said Frank Pitre of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy in the San Francisco Bay Area said.
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