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Case ID: 4851 | Consumer Products | 06/29/2006
Western Digital Corp. has settled a class action lawsuit alleging that its computer hard drives stored less material than promised by offering free software to about 1 million consumers.
Under the terms of the settlement, Western Digital will give away software designed to back up and recover computer files to anyone who bought one of the company's disk drives from March 22, 2001, through Feb. 15, 2006. "The dispute over hard-drive capacity highlights the contradictory methods for measuring the bits and bytes that devour a computer's memory," states a lawyer for the plaintiffs. "Microsoft Corp. and Apple Computer Inc., which make the operating systems for most personal computers, use a binary system to measure kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes while most disk drive manufacturers like Western Digital derive their calculations from the more-familiar decimal system" said a lawyer handling the case. "The difference can add up to a substantial gap between what's promised on a hard drive's packaging and what gets stored on a personal computer," said a lawyer for the plaintiffs. The lawsuit claims the company's 80-gigabyte hard drive had an actual capacity of 74.4 gigabytes. "If not for that 7 percent shortfall, the buyer could have stored an additional 80 hours of digital music or 5,600 digital pictures" said a plaintiffs lawyer. 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 Consumer Products Cases of Interest A class action has been filed in the Northern District Court of Illinois against Office Max Inc, (NYSE:OMX) a multinational contract and retail distributor of office supplies, paper, technology products and office furniture, and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between November 9, 2004 and January 11, 2005. The action claims that the defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing a series of material misrepresentations to the market over this time period, thereby artificially inflating the price of the company's securities. The stockholders seek to recover compensatory damages for the loss of value of their stock. A national class action has been filed in Illinois against Sprint Communications Company, L.P. The action is brought on behalf of all U.S. residents, who are not Sprint customers, but who have had unauthorized charges added to their phone service by Sprint. The action is brought under the federal Communications Act and federal common law and seeks disgorgement of profits, penalties, compensatory damages and injunctive and declaratory relief. A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Middle District Court of Florida against Sonic Automotive, Inc. for unlawful, deceptive, and misleading business practices and tortuous acts in the State of Florida. Class members seek compensatory and statutory damages as well as attorney's fees and costs of the litigation. Studies show that smokeless tobacco products actually release more nicotine into a user's bloodstream than cigarettes. A class action has been filed against the United States Tobacco Company and four other smokeless tobacco product manufacturers on behalf of Florida consumers who allege that they have been misled about the addictive properties and health risks associated with chewing tobacco and snuff, in violation of state consumer protection laws.
A class action lawsuit has been filed in United States District Court for the Central District of California against Morgan Confections. The case involves violations of federal law. No additional information about the substance of the allegations is available at this time. Classactionamerica.com will monitor this case and provide additional details as soon as they become available. A class action lawsuit was filed alleging that Dell notebooks suffer from design defects that cause premature failure of the motherboard due to overheating. |
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