(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co (005930.KS) was sued on Friday by a Florida man who said he suffered severe burns after his Galaxy Note 7 smartphone exploded in his front pants pocket. 
 
 An employee poses for photographs with Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Note 7 new smartphone at its store in Seoul, South Korea, September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo 
 
 The lawsuit by Jonathan Strobel may be the first in the United States by a Samsung phone user against the South Korean company over a battery defect linked to the Note 7. 
 
 It was filed one day after Samsung recalled about 1 million Note 7s sold in the United States. 
 
 Samsung has received 92 reports of batteries overheating in the United States, including 26 reports of burns and 55 reports of property damage, U.S. safety regulators said. 
 
 “We don’t comment on pending litigation,” Samsung spokeswoman Danielle Meister Cohen said in an email. “We are urging all Note 7 owners to power their device down and exchange it immediately.” 
 
 Strobel, 28, of Boca Raton, said he was in a Costco store in Palm Beach Gardens on Sept. 9 when his Note 7 exploded. 
 
 He said the phone burned directly through his pants, resulting in severe burns on his right leg. 
 
 Strobel said he was also severely burned on his left thumb, after he reached over to try to remove the phone from his pants. 
 
 “He has a deep second-degree burn, roughly the size of the phone, on his right thigh,” Strobel’s lawyer Keith Pierro said. “Unfortunately for my client the recall came too late.” 
 
 The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other alleged injuries. It was filed in a Florida state court in Palm Beach County. 
 
 The case is Strobel v Samsung Electronics America Inc et al, Florida Circuit Court, 15th Judicial District, Palm Beach County. ||||| Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Galaxy Note 7 had been well-reviewed but dozens of the phones overheated 
 
 Samsung's probe into its Galaxy Note 7 fiasco has found that the overheating and burning of the phones was caused by faults with their batteries. 
 
 The firm had axed its iPhone rival in October last year after an earlier botched recall and re-release. 
 
 The recall is thought to have cost $5.3bn (£4.3bn) and was hugely damaging for the South Korean firm's reputation. 
 
 On Monday, Samsung said that neither software nor hardware were at fault, only the batteries. 
 
 Internal and independent investigations "concluded that batteries were found to be the cause of the Note 7 incidents", the South Korean technology giant said in a statement. 
 
 So what went wrong? 
 
 The company said that errors both in design and manufacturing affected batteries by two different manufacturers. 
 
 According to the findings, the problems centred on insufficient insulation material within the batteries and a design that did not give enough room to safely accommodate the batteries' electrodes. 
 
 Image copyright Samsung Image caption Some batteries were affected by a design error ... 
 
 Image copyright Samsung Image caption while others suffered from insulation problems 
 
 Samsung said it was "taking responsibility for our failure to ultimately identify and verify the issues arising out of the battery design and manufacturing process". 
 
 The smartphone giant did not name the battery suppliers during their Monday presentation, though last year had identified them as their affiliate Samsung SDI and Chinese company Amperex Technology. 
 
 Samsung said it did not plan to take legal action and that it accepted responsibility for asking the suppliers to meet certain specifications. 
 
 "Samsung has done what they needed to do for now but the true test will need to happen over time," analyst Bryan Ma of IDC told the BBC. 
 
 "If successive products can be delivered consistently without incident in the next year or so, then they will be in a better position to regain consumers' trust." 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption Some reviews had described the Note 7 as being the best Android handset to date 
 
 Launched in August 2016, Samsung's Note 7 device was marketed as a large-screen top-end device and positioned as a rival to Apple's iPhone. 
 
 But in September, Samsung had to recall about 2.5 million phones after complaints of overheating and exploding batteries. 
 
 The firm insisted that all replaced devices were safe. However, that was followed by reports that those phones were also overheating. 
 
 Lessons to learn 
 
 The company said there would be no repeat of the fires in future devices such as the upcoming S8. 
 
 "We look forward to moving ahead with a renewed commitment to safety. The lessons of the past several months are now deeply reflected in our processes and in our culture." 
 
 The firm also said it would not unveil its upcoming Galaxy S8 phone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, as had been expected, suggesting the flagship model's launch may be later in the year. 
 
 The head of the firm's smartphone business, Koh Dong-jin said the phone would not get a launch event at the event in Barcelona in February unlike previous Galaxy S smartphones. 
 
 Samsung Note 7 - how events unfolded 
 
 24 August: The first report of a Note 7 "exploding" appears in the news, soon followed by images of more smouldering Samsungs. 
 
 2 September: Samsung announces a voluntary global recall of 2.5 million Note 7 phones, citing faulty batteries. It offers refund or replacement. 
 
 8 September: US aviation authorities and many airlines tell passengers not to turn on or charge the phone on planes. 
 
 9 September: The US Consumer Product Safety Commission tells people to stop using the phone and on 15 September issues a formal recall. 
 
 5 October: Reports emerge of a replacement Note 7 overheating on a US flight. In the following days more reports appear and major US carriers stop selling the device or issuing replacements. 
 
 11 October: Samsung permanently stops production of the Note 7. It tells people to turn them off and stop using them.
– It was just a matter of time: The owner of a Galaxy Note 7 has sued Samsung after the phone exploded in his pants, reports the Palm Beach Post. Florida's Jonathan Strobel says he was in a store on Sept. 9 when the phone exploded in his front pocket, resulting in serious burns to his thigh. He says he also burned his thumb trying to pull the phone out of his pocket. Strobel filed his suit Friday, a day after Samsung issued an unprecedented recall after a spate of similar reports. "He has a deep second-degree burn, roughly the size of the phone, on his right thigh," attorney Keith Pierro tells Reuters. "Unfortunately for my client, the recall came too late." Strobel is seeking $15,000 from Samsung, which would not comment on the case. US safety regulators say the company has received 92 reports of overheating batteries, a total that includes 26 reports of burns and 55 reports of property damage. (One person probably interested in this suit: The owner of a Jeep who blames the phone for a car fire.)