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PITTSBURGH – Apple and Verizon are seeking to obtain summary judgment in a lawsuit from a Western Pennsylvania man accusing them of committing negligence and product liability defects, when an Apple iPhone 6s Plus smartphone allegedly exploded and seriously injured him – instead placing the cause of the plaintiff's injuries and related fire on his improperly-discarded smoking materials.