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iPhone 2GLast week, an objection to the $53 million settlement proposal in the Apple iPhone/iPod warranty class action lawsuit was dropped voluntarily by the objector.

Michael Casey, who was not a party to the initial class action lawsuit, filed an objection to the settlement agreement approximately a month after a judge issued final approval to the deal.

Several appeals were filed by objectors after a preliminary settlement agreement was proposed in June of last year. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu denied another objector’s request to depose attorneys to determine if there was a conflict of interest and granted a request by the plaintiff’s attorney to depose the objectors, including Casey, ordering the objectors to release documents related to their status as objectors, including agreements to compensate the objectors and question the objectors about their potential status as “professional objectors” in prior cases. Casey dropped his appeal last week, while the other objector, Steve Kessinger, objected to the order arguing that because he is not an original party to the case, he is not subject to depositions or discovery.

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Seeborg approved the class action settlement in May of this year. The class action settlement effectively ended litigation accusing Apple Inc. of wrongly rejecting warranty claims for their popular iPod Touch and iPhone devices based on liquid submersion indicators. In the initial Apple class action lawsuit that commenced in 2010, plaintiffs alleged that the evidence Apple used to back up their warranty claim rejections, a “liquid submersion indicator” consisting of tape that turns pink or red when in contact with liquid, did not only indicate liquid submersion; the tape also changed color when exposed to humidity and high temperatures, according to the class action lawsuit. The plaintiffs also alleged that company who invented the tape, 3M Co., had included this information in their literature about the product, but Apple ignored those other possibilities when rejecting warranty claims.

The settlement awards cash payments to Apple customers whose warranty claims were denied by Apple based on Apple’s former Liquid Damage Policy when they tried to repair or replace their iPhone on or before December 31, 2009, or tried to repair or replace their iPod Touch device on or before June 30, 2010. Under the class action settlement agreement, Class Members who owned an iPhone are eligible to receive between $215 and $300, and between $105 and $265 if they owned an iPod Touch. Additionally, the Apple class action settlement provides for additional awards depending on the number of claims Class Members filed.

The plaintiffs in the Apple warranty class action lawsuit are represented by Fazio Micheletti LLP, Chimicles & Tikellis LLP, Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP and Chavez & Gertler LLP.

The Apple iPhone/iPod Class Action Lawsuit is In re: Apple iPhone/iPod Warranty Litigation, Case No. 14-16084, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

UPDATE 1: A federal Court granted final approval to the Apple iPhone/iPod warranty class action settlement on May 8, 2014. The Settlement Administrator announced in August that it will begin distribution of the settlement money in the next couple weeks. If you get a check, let us know!

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  1. Top Class Actions says:

    UPDATE 1: A federal Court granted final approval to the Apple iPhone/iPod warranty class action settlement on May 8, 2014. The Settlement Administrator announced in August that it will begin distribution of the settlement money in the next couple weeks. If you get a check, let us know!

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