Litigation against consumer electronics companies helps to hold them accountable for their products and, in doing so, makes consumers safer. In a world where very few people are untouched by the consumer electronics industry, needing to use laptops, phones, and other devices in their daily lives, Migliaccio & Rathod LLP knows that the impact of these sorts of defective products not only harms consumers’ wallets, but also has real world safety, lifestyle, and work implications. We are committed to making the marketplace safer and fairer for consumers by bringing class actions on their behalf when they experience such defects that consumer electronics companies and manufacturers fail or refuse to remedy.
Settlements
In Re: Macbook Keyboard Litigation, Case No. 5:18-cv-02813-EJD-VKD
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Settlement valued at $50,000,000
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP served as Plaintiff’s Counsel in a class action brought on behalf of consumers whose MacBook laptops were equipped with defective butterfly keyboards that result in characters repeating unexpectedly, letters or characters not appearing, and the keys feeling “sticky” or not responding in a consistent manner. The settlement amounted to $50 million. For more information, visit our blog here.
Carlotti v. ASUS Computer International, et al, Case No. 18-cv-00369
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Settlement valued at $16,000,000
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP represented plaintiffs in a class action suit brought on behalf of purchasers of ASUS Rog Strix GL502VS or GL502VSK laptops with defective batteries or which overheat due to their insufficient cooling system. Benefits of the resulting settlement include cash payment of up to $110 or credit certificate of up to $210 for any impacted individual. Settlement was valued at $16 million. To learn more about this settlement, visit our blog here.
Williams et al. v. Apple, Inc. or In re Apple Inc. Device Performance Litigation, Case No. 18-MD-2827-EJD (N.D. Cal.).
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Settlement valued at $3,000,000
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP served as Plaintiffs’ Counsel in a class action lawsuit against Apple for failure to disclose to Plaintiffs that Apple’s iPhone operating system (“iOS”) would materially degrade the operation of their iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, SE, 7, or 7 Plus models smartphones by reducing their processor speeds in certain circumstances, including when their non-user replaceable batteries lost storage capacity after multiple charge and discharge cycles. Plaintiffs alleged that Apple surreptitiously throttled the processor speeds of iPhones to mask the manifestation of sudden shutdowns that iPhones with degraded batteries were experiencing. Settlement was valued at $3,000,000.
McFadden et al. v. Microsoft Corporation, Case No. 2:20-cv-00640
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
M&R served as co-lead interim class counsel in an action brought on behalf of a nationwide class arising from a hardware defect affecting Microsoft X-Box video game controllers. Consumers have experienced “Stick drift,” when their controller’s joystick registers movement when there is none and causes major difficulties in standard use of the Xbox One console. For more information and to see if you qualify to get involved, follow the link to our blog post here.
Gisairo v. Lenovo (United States) Inc., Case No. 0:19-cv-02727 & MacKay v. Lenovo (United States) Inc., Case No. 1:20-cv-01149
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota & United States District Court for the District of Delaware
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP has brought a class action and is co-counsel on another class action suit against Lenovo for their Flex 5, also known as Yoga 520, laptops which exhibit screen flickering. Users of this model have reported that the flickering causes large portions of the screen to black out, making the 2-in-1 device unusable. Further, Lenovo customers have noticed that the screen flicker and subsequent blackout is triggered when the laptop is moved or when the screen is first opened. Being that it is a 2-in-1 device, meant to be transformed interchangeably from laptop to tablet, its central purpose is hampered by this defect caused by movement. The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota granted our motion for preliminary approval of the class action settlement on April 10th, 2023. Eligible class members have the option to elect a repair of their device at no cost, or to receive a one-time payment of $100.
Wheeler et al. v. Lenovo (United States) Inc., Case No. 13-0007150 and Kacsuta v. Lenovo (United States), Inc., Case No. 13-00316.
Superior Court of the District of Columbia & United States District Court for the Central District of California
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP represented plaintiffs in a class action brought on behalf of purchasers of Lenovo laptops that suffered from Wi-Fi connectivity problems. Served among the Court-appointed class counsel in a nationwide settlement where Lenovo agreed to refund $100 cash or issue a $250 voucher (which required no purchase to use) to owners of the laptops.
Walsh et al. v. Globalstar, Inc., Case No. 3:07-cv-01941
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Represented Globalstar satellite telephone service customers who brought claims that Globalstar knew that it was experiencing failures in its satellite constellation and its satellite service was rapidly deteriorating and was no longer useful for its intended purpose, yet failed to disclose this information to its potential and existing customers. Served as Court-appointed class counsel in a nationwide settlement that provided an assortment of benefit options, including, but not limited to, monetary account credits, free minutes, or cash back for returned equipment.
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