Orange County Vape & E-Cigarette Explosion Lawyers
Vape & E-Cigarette Explosion Attorneys in Orange County, California
E-cigarettes, also known as “e-cigs” and vape pens, are devices that allow users to generate a vapor that then delivers nicotine to the lungs. Used as a substitute for cigarettes, these e-cigarettes are growing more and more popular. However, substantial injuries resulting from “vaping” or e-cigarette usage are on the rise.
Safety and Legal Standards for E-Cigarettes
E-cigarettes became popular a few years ago as an alternative to cigarettes in Orange County. There are currently no government regulations regarding these products to ensure product safety. In fact, no product design or safety testing have ever occurred with respect to any of these types of products.
Most e-cigarette devices are made in China or overseas where few if any, quality control standards exist. Additionally, there are a plethora of counterfeit vape batteries and vape pens manufactured overseas with even less quality control than those found in China. Consequently, defective e-cigarettes and vape batteries are commonplace and known to overheat and explode causing serious injuries.
Many users of e-cigarettes are younger people and, with no legal requirements to protect their safety, these dangerous and defective products are saturating the marketplace, causing severe, catastrophic, and permanent injuries.
E-Cigarette Explosions
While reports vary, the Federal Emergency Management Agency reports that hundreds of e-cigarette explosions have occurred, and the number is rising. The most common scenarios of e-cigarette explosions include:
- Exploding while in use
- Overheating and exploding while being charged
- Exploding during transport (in pockets, purses, etc.)
- Exploding spare batteries during transport
When an e-cigarette or vape battery explodes, the reason is usually due to a battery defect. If a battery is drained too rapidly, subjected to a short circuit, or overcharged, it may overheat and cause an explosion.
Even more dangerous is if a lithium-ion battery overheats. In the case of a lithium-ion battery overheating, it will begin to vent a hot gas which builds up pressure inside of the e-cigarette casing causing an explosion. The force behind an e-cigarette explosion creates a violent reaction, much like a pipe bomb or a rocket.
What is the Government Doing About E-Cigarette Explosions?
Currently, federal and state governments have not taken any actions to regulate e-cigarettes or vape batteries, in terms of either quality control or design defects. The industry has no incentive or motivation to improve safety standards or investigate manufacturing defects, as there are no consequences for these accidents, except those provided by experienced litigators like Easton & Easton, who have successfully pursued numerous vape explosion cases against the manufacturers. Nonetheless, as long as this industry remains unregulated, the number of injuries related to e-cigarettes and vaping will continue to rise.
Types of Injuries Caused by E-Cigarettes
Whether e-cigarettes are safer than smoking for a person’s lungs is debatable; however, the injuries caused by vaping and e-cigarette explosions can be severe and life-altering. Some common types of injuries include bone loss, skin loss, jaw and facial damage, third-degree burns, brain damage, facial injuries, loss of body parts, infection, and smoke inhalation.
An Orange County E-Cigarette Injury Attorney by Your Side
If you were injured due to a vape/e-cigarette explosion or battery explosion, you likely suffered serious and severe injuries. Medical expenses, missed work, physical pain and emotional suffering can all occur after a serious e-cigarette explosion.
Our experienced personal injury attorneys in Orange County can work to file a lawsuit against a manufacturer’s design or product defect to obtain compensation for your injuries.
For a free evaluation of your case, contact the experienced personal injury attorneys at Easton & Easton at 714-850-4590 today. We have successfully handled numerous vape pen and vape battery explosion cases and acquired millions in compensation for our clients in these types of product liability claims from vape manufacturers.
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Doug, Brian, Matt, Travis, and Saul were selected to Super Lawyers — a distinction earned by only 5% of California attorneys. Selection is based on peer nominations, independent research, and professional achievement. Doug Easton has been selected for 19 consecutive years. Matt Easton was also named to the Top 50 Orange County Super Lawyers for 2026. When you hire Easton & Easton, you're hiring attorneys in the top 5%.
Easton & Easton was recently honored for securing a $26,000,000 settlement for our client, which was selected as a Top 10 Personal Injury Settlement in California in 2023 by TopVerdict.com.
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Easton & Easton was recently honored for securing a $32,000,000 settlement for our client, which was selected as one of the Top 20 Personal Injury Settlements in the entire United States in 2024 by TopVerdict.com.
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We were recently honored for securing a $26,000,000 settlement for our client, which was selected as a the #1 Personal Injury Settlement in Los Angeles County in 2023 by TopVerdict.com.
Brian Easton was selected to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) in 2015. ABOTA is one of the most premier associations of trial attorneys and judges, requiring a proven track record of jury trials as lead counsel and approval by a majority vote of the ABOTA board. Membership isn't given — it's earned in the courtroom.
Travis Easton, Gabe Mendoza, and Brenda Kocaj were selected to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 — an invitation-only honor recognizing the nation's top young trial attorneys. At Easton & Easton, experience and ambition work side by side.
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Easton & Easton was honored to have been chosen by the LA Times Reader's Choice Poll as "The Best Personal Injury Law Firm in Orange County" for 2018-2020 (each year the voting took place).
We were recently honored for our efforts in securing a $1,850,000 verdict for a client, which was selected as one of the Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2016 by TopVerdict.com.
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