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Case ID: 4933 | Technology | 10/13/2006
Owners of Apple Computer's new 13-inch MacBook notebooks, whose systems are plagued by intermittent shutdown issues, have become fed up with extended repair times and inadequate resolutions to the problem, and are contemplating filing a class action lawsuit against the Mac maker.
The issue, which users have dubbed "RSS," or Random Shutdown Syndrome, has been well documented on Apple's discussion boards and other forums around the web. During ordinary use, affected MacBooks will randomly shut down, effectively rendering the systems unreliable. Users have reported shutdown intervals anywhere from once a week to several times a day. Sometimes, one random shutdown will occur within minutes of the previous one, making the notebooks completely unusable. Compounding frustrations is Apple's inability so far to completely remedy the issue for most users after holding their faulty systems at repair depots for lengthy periods of time. While Apple has publicly acknowledged the ongoing issue -- asking affected users to contact AppleCare for support -- its repair process has caused many users to lose access to systems for exhaustive periods of time. While some affected users in the U.S. have been fortunate enough to have their repaired MacBooks returned to them within a week, those in other regions have been left waiting weeks, and sometimes months, for their systems to be repaired. Making matters worse, are widespread reports that Apple's initial solution to the RSS problem -- to replace the MacBook's processor heat sink -- does not completely eliminate the random shutdowns. As a result, many affected users have been forced to request a second or third round of repairs, leaving some without access to a computer for even longer periods of time. The lawsuit seeks to represent to owners of MacBook that experience the RSS problem. If you own a MacBook with the RSS problem, please call us toll free at (866)467-1400 to speak with one of our attorneys. 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 The parties have reached a tentative settlement in several consolidated class actions filed against electric power generation systems developer Plug Power, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLUG) and certain of its officers and directors by stockholders who purchased the company's common stock between February 14, 2000, and August 2, 2000. The actions claim 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. Persons eligible to take part in the settlement should contact attorneys for the class for more information. On October 5, 2005, the parties reached a tenative settlement on claims for overtime compensation. My significant other works for Electronic Arts, and I'm what you might call a disgruntled spouse." So starts the blog entry of an unhappy wife. But the details are enough to make anyone wince: mandatory hours of 9 AM to 10 PM, seven days a week--that's right, a MANDATORY 90+ hour work week. With NO overtime, NO compensation time, and no additional sick or vacation leave. If that sounds illegal, guess what? It is. And publicity about the unfair working conditions at the game producer has now resulted in the filing of a class action lawsuit against the company. Three owners of computers with Intel Corp. microprocessors have filed separate class action suits against the chip making giant in a U.S. District Court. Your computer's hard drive's crashing can spell disaster if you don't have backups of irreplaceable data. The parties have reached a tentative $3 million settlement in a class action against computer manufacturer Compaq Computer Corporation, now a division of Hewlitt-Packard Company, on behalf of all persons who purchased a Compaq Presario computer that had a single hard drive that came with back-up software stored on a second partition, between the approximate dates of January 1, 1999, and September 1, 2001. Claims must be received no later than December 31, 2004, to be considered valid.
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