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iPhone 4 users looking for face time in court

By Richard Binder

As of Thursday afternoon, three class actions were pending against Apple in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California over the "death grip" of the latest iPhone 4's allegedly defective antenna. 

On Tuesday, Sacramento firm Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff filed in California against both Apple and AT&T on behalf of 10 iPhone 4 owners. Two other federal class actions followed on Wednesday. Claims include negligence, intentional and negligent misrepresentation, defective design, fraud by concealment and breach of warranty.

"Defendants have failed to provide consumer support to assist iPhone 4 customers regarding this defect," reads the California suit filed by Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff. "Customers are left with three options: hold their phones in an awkward and unnatural manner, return their phones and pay a 10% 'restocking fee,' or purchase Apple's own 'bumper' cases for their phones, costing $29.99 in addition to the premium they have already paid for the phones themselves, which may somewhat ameliorate the iPhone 4's defects."

Full story at NLJ.com.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on July 02, 2010 (boomark / email).