A federal judge in Atlanta has tossed out claims against Amazon leveled by a man who was severely burned and lost his home when a hoverboard caught fire in 2016, ruling the shipper was not on notice about the hazards of the device when it was sold.

Chief Judge Thomas Thrash Jr.’s order filed Wednesday in response to Amazon’s motion to dismiss seems to leave little remaining in the case since the remaining co-defendants, including the Chinese manufacturers of the hoverboard and battery, never responded to the suit filed in February in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

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