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VoltRide manufactured electric scooters with lithium battery packs. Each pack was designed to include a heat-resistant separator between two cells. A quality-control report after an accident showed that one pack left the factory without the separator. A retailer sold that scooter in its sealed box to Maya. Maya charged the scooter using the factory charger exactly as the manual instructed. While charging, the battery overheated, caught fire, and burned Maya's hands and nearby furniture.
VoltRide argues that its overall design was safe and that the retailer had no way to inspect the sealed battery pack. The retailer argues that only the manufacturer can be strictly liable. Both defendants argue that battery fires can occur without a defect.
Analyze Maya's products-liability claims against VoltRide and the retailer based on manufacturing defect.