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Case ID: 2853 | Technology | 01/21/2005
The parties have reached a tentative $42.5 million nationwide settlement in a class action filed against Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, and Gateway, Inc. on behalf of consumers who purchased Fujitsu MPG3 series and MPF3 series hard drives. The action alleged that the drives used a defectively designed Cirrus controller chip that caused many of the drives to fail unexpectedly. Owners of affected drives need do nothing at the present time to remain eligible to participate in the settlement.
Under the terms of the settlement, users who purchased the Fujitsu drives either as a boxed product or in computers from Hewlett-Packard or Gateway will receive up to $45 per hard drive if they have documentation showing they incurred expenses in replacing the Fujitsu drive. Users who currently have a MPG3 series or MPF3 series Fujitsu drive and wish to replace it are also eligible to participate. Users who lost data due to a faulty hard drive and can demonstrate they incurred costs in trying to recover that data can receive up to $1,200 or the cost of the recovery, whichever is less. The settlement covers all Fujitsu brand PB-15H hard disk drives, also referred to as the MPF3xxx-AH series of hard disk drives, and PB-16 hard disk drives (referred to as the MPG3xxx series of hard disk drives), including all drive models bearing a model number composed of or starting with the sequence of MPF3102AH, MPF3153AH, MPF3204AH, MPG3102, MPG3153, MPT3204, MPG3307, or MPG3409, which may be followed by alphabetical characters. The hard disk drives were sold in the United States beginning in 2000. Users must retain their Fujitsu hard disk drives if at all possible, and must retain proof of purchase of any replacement hard disk drives. Receipts for any data recovery services must be retained in order to be able to recover costs for the services rendered. If you have not received mailed or e-mailed notice of this settlement, you must register with the Settlement Administrator in order to receive future notices, including the claim form you will need to claim benefits if the settlement is approved. You can register by calling 1-800-878-2618, registering on-line at www.hddclassactionsettlement.com, or writing to the settlement administrator at: HDD Class Action Settlement Administrator The settlement will not be effective until the court grants it final approval. The court has scheduled a hearing on the matter for March 2, 2004. At Lawcash.com, it is our goal to keep you informed about important legal cases, class actions and settlements. Our lawyers offer free legal evaluations in tort cases, class actions, personal injury, and other lawsuits because we are dedicated to helping you resolve your legal complaints. Other Technology Cases of Interest If work needs to be carried out on your land for the public good, you may have to grant the agency that is doing the working an easement, or permanent right-of-way, but you should be paid for it. The parties have reached a tentative $1.78+ million settlement in an action filed against AT&T Corporation on behalf of certain persons who own or owned land in Wisconsin between July 1985 and January 8, 2003, through which railroads run and on which AT&T laid fiber optic cable. The action alleged that the company laid the cable without proper permission, in violation of state property laws. Claims must be postmarked by December 19, 2003, to be considered valid. Now that Microsoft seems to be settling most of the antitrust actions filed against it, will it become more willing to allow others to compete in its market? The parties reached a tentative $6.2 million settlement in a class action against Microsoft Corporation alleging that Microsoft violated the District of Columbia's antitrust laws. The proposed settlement benefits consumers and businesses who, between February 15, 1996, and December 31, 2002, resided in the District of Columbia and indirectly purchased certain Microsoft operating system, productivity suite, spreadsheet or word processing software for use in the District of Columbia and not for resale.
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