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"MORGANTOWN - A Monongalia County man seeks $75,000 from Motorola after his cell phone exploded in his hand. <br /><br />Howard William Goff filed a suit in Monongalia Circuit Court against Motorola Communication and Electronics, the manufacturer of his phone. <br /><br />According to the suit, Goff placed his phone on the charger at about 12:30 or 1 a.m. on Aug. 16, 2006. At about 2:30 a.m., his mother hear a popping noise and woke Goff up. <br /><br />\"(Goff) approached the room where the phone was located and upon picking up the Motorola phone it exploded while in his hand,\" the suit says. <br /><br />Goff claims a defect in the phone or the battery caused the explosion. He also claims he suffered second-degree burns on his stomach from the phone exploding. <br /><br />As a result of the explosion, Goff seeks $75,000 to cover property damages, physical injuries, permanent injuries, physical pain and suffering, mental anguish and medical bills. <br /><br />J. Bryan Edwards in representing Goff. <br /><br /><i>Monongalia Circuit Court case number 07-C-265</i>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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