I can see both sides. I definitely wouldn’t turn over the device, he loses his only evidence and leverage that way. You don’t think Samsung would destroy evidence to cover their asses? But I also agree that a slow investigation is appropriate.

Samsung won’t pay for his hospital bills unless they’re forced to by an attorney. For-profit corporations don’t just voluntarily pay people’s hospital bills, as that could amount to an admission of liability. Per your previous comment re lawyers being expensive, this is a classic (and very good) contingency case - any…

Except it’s not just a dead phone. Dude went to the hospital for chemical inhalation - and we can’t say just smoke either, because whatever was in it was enough to make him start coughing up / puking up black crap afterward. Even beyond a single hospital visit, what’s to say that the basically airborne battery acid…

Why would you turn over the only evidence that proves your story? Let them send an engineer out to examine it, while under supervision. In no way do you turn over the device if you plan to proceed with litigation against the company.

I dunno, it’s something of a public service to let people know that the safe replacements are not actually safe. What’s he get out of it except to be on local TV news? But anyway my point is that it doesn’t seem he made it up. Giving it to a third party lab type of thing might be a good idea.

Investigation? Police would be investigation, Samsung could be an investigation, but could be a cover up, switch or anything.

When shit like that happens, you’d be an idiot to turn the device over. What you do is hire a lawyer and a 3rd party engineer. That is the only way you will win a lawsuit. You turn it over, Samsung destroys the device or alters it to make sure it will look like victim’s fault.