Apple Faced Class Action Lawsuit for Product Defect
Posted on Dec 22, 2009 2:45pm PST
Recently,
TechCrunch reported that a U.S. federal court judge dismissed a class action suit that was brought against Apple. According to the report, plaintiffs filed the civil actions because they claimed Apple failed to disclose manufacturing defects that were present in the company's iMac models.
In the lawsuit, plaintiffs claimed that unwanted vertical lines would appear on the model's computer screen after the warranty period expired. They said Apple "internally recognizes and concedes" the product defect, but did not warn consumers who purchased iMacs.
A customer filed the lawsuit after noticing vertical lines on his computer's display in 2008. He bought his computer in October of 2006. The main plaintiff then urged others to partake in the lawsuit, making it a class action claim. Insiders say the case was dismissed because customers were including themselves in the lawsuit even when they did not see vertical lines or suffer injury (financial loss).
After the class action suit was dismissed, Apple issues firmware to address graphic issues on the company's latest 27" iMac models.
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