Apple was just sued by the parent of a kid who said his iPod Touch was off in his pocked during school when it 'popped' and caught fire. It was supposedly hot enough to burn his pants, melt his underwear, and send him to the hospital for 2nd degree burns.

Who knows whether this has merits or not, but they stupidly included 10 people from the Mac retail store that sold the product to the mom. I don't know if the had to include them for legal reasons (to complete the liability chain possibly?) but it sounds like kind of a stretch to me. Do people who sell something really have a responsibility to test and ensure that the product is not defective?