An Illinois man will not be allowed to pursue his attempt at a class action lawsuit against Ford Motor Company over exhaust odors that had accumulated in passenger cabins of some of their vehicles – in part because a similar class action is nearing settlement in Florida. On April 6, U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis dismissed with prejudice the second amended complaint of plaintiff David …
A federal appeals court ruled in San Francisco Thursday that two consumer lawsuits filed over Samsung smartphones can’t be forced to go to arbitration and instead can proceed toward trials. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that in both cases, a mandatory arbitration provision contained in a warranty booklet placed in a box packaging the smartphone didn’t amount to a contract.
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that the warranty booklet in the box of Samsung smartphone will not be used to stop the class action lawsuit. The court decided that two class action lawsuits from the Samsung customer to proceed. The Court of Appeals has rejected Samsung request to settle lawsuits in the private arbitration.
A Montgomery County woman has appealed the approval of the nationwide settlement of multiple federal class-action lawsuits that claimed popular Shop Vac Corp wet-dry vacuums do not live up to their advertised specifications. Michelle Vullings of Collegeville, who in August had called the then-proposed settlement “unfair,” filed her appeal Monday in U.S. Middle District Court. …
A group of homeowners is suing a home improvement businesses, alleging a distribution of substandard windows and failure to deliver quality products as advertised. On Oct. 17, a class action complaint was filed in U.S. District Count for the District of Minnesota against Ohio-based Simonton Building Products LLC, previously known as Simonton Building Products …
These days every smartphone comes with some kind of warranty, as no manufacturing ensured that a smartphone will have 100% no dud guarantee. Whereas we have seen some makers go as far as offering a free insurance for the customer’s devices, where a free replacement for a cracked screen or a free handset replacement is also offered. All in the period of the warranty of the device.
This lawsuit alleges that Maibec, who manufactures and sells wood shingles made from Eastern White Cedar trees sold to the public under the brand names Nantucket, Kennebunk and Bar Harbor, are defective as the shingles are plagued by design flaws that result in warping, peeling, cracking, buckling and curling. The lawsuit also alleges that Maibec breached its express warranty to customers by …