Walsh v. LG Chem America

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 Christo pher Walsh, ) No. CV-18-01545-PHX-SPL ) 9 ) 10 Plaintiff, ) ORDER vs. ) ) 11 ) LG Chem America, et al., ) 12 ) 13 Defendants. ) ) 14 ) 15 Before the Court is Defendant LG Chem, Ltd.’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 33). 16 Having considered the briefing (Docs. 33, 40, 41),1 the Court rules as follows. 17 I. Background 18 On October 28, 2019, Plaintiff purchased two LG HG2 18650 (“HG2”) batteries 19 from retailer Oueis Gas in Mesa, Arizona (Doc. 30 at ¶¶ 8–9). The HG2 batteries were 20 designed, manufactured,…