The point is that nothing is going to end up happening with this and the public's time and money gets wasted.
I live in the UK so I know nada about how anything like this works?
The 'plaintiffs', can they come away with money after this and if so how much?
What would then happen to Apple & AT&T?
If the court decides theres nothing wrong with it could Apple turn around and sue the plaintiffs?
Please explain to a dumb Englishman.
I live in the UK so I know nada about how anything like this works?
The 'plaintiffs', can they come away with money after this and if so how much?
What would then happen to Apple & AT&T?
If the court decides theres nothing wrong with it could Apple turn around and sue the plaintiffs?
Please explain to a dumb Englishman.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, has agreed to pay $40 million to as many as 87,500 current and former employees in Massachusetts, the largest wage-and-hour class-action settlement in the state’s history.
The class-action lawsuit, filed in 2001, accused the retailer of denying workers rest and meal breaks, refusing to pay overtime, and manipulating time cards to lower employees’ pay. Under terms of the agreement, which was filed in Middlesex Superior Court yesterday by the employees’ attorneys, any person who worked for Wal-Mart between August 1995 and the settlement date will receive a payment of between $400 and $2,500, depending on the number of years worked, with the average worker receiving a check for $734.
“The magnitude is large - it’s bigger than most settlements paid in wage-and-hour cases,’’ said Justin M. Swartz of New York-based law firm Outten & Golden LLP, who has handled similar cases, including a pending case against Wal-Mart. “But you would expect it to be bigger since Wal-Mart is the biggest retailer.’’
Under the terms of the settlement, neither side is allowed to comment. But in an affidavit filed with the settlement, the lead counsel for the employees, Philip Gordon of Boston’s Gordon Law Group, said the accord “dwarfs settlements of similar class actions against Wal-Mart across the country.’’
“For many employers, this settlement will serve as a reminder to take the payment of earned wages and benefits seriously. For many other employers, it will provide comfort that all Massachusetts businesses must operate on a level playing field,’’ Gordon wrote in the affidavit. “But most importantly, for employees of Wal-Mart, it finally pays them their earned wages and it puts in place systems and processes to ensure that abuses like those alleged never happen again.’’
The Massachusetts case is similar to many others that have been brought against the retail behemoth by employees across the country, most alleging that the Bentonville, Ark.-based company violated laws by requiring employees to work through breaks, to work beyond their regular shifts, and similar practices. Wal-Mart has denied the allegations, but in December, the merchant agreed to pay up to $640 million to settle 63 federal and state class-action wage-and-hour lawsuits.
The Massachusetts case, which was not part of that settlement, was initially filed eight years ago on behalf of 67,000 people who worked for Wal-Mart in Massachusetts between 1995 and 2005. The two plaintiffs, Elaine Polion and Crystal Salvas, left Wal-Mart years ago. The case has been moving back and forth for years, first being certified as a class action, being almost thrown out as a trial date approached in 2006, and then being revived on appeal and sent back to trial as a class action by the state Supreme Judicial Court two years ago.
http://gizmodo.com/5577010/first-iphone-4-class-action-suit-filed-against-apple-and-att
How the **** are there any damages if you can still return your phone? Maybe I should go sue Microsoft because Windows Mobile completely sucks?!
While I see what you're saying, its not like any of the other class action attempts have really proven successful. I mean, Apple said the 3G got 2x the data speed, class action attempt. The 3GS 2X as fast claim, lawsuit attempt. Hell, people even tried a class action lawsuit against Apple because their unbricking hack didn't bricked the iphone after an OS update.
Apple's been weathering lawsuits for quite some time, I dont think this one is really going to keep them up at night.
It'll get thrown out in court.
Defect means it doesn't work, period.
You hold the phone in infinite possible ways and it will not work, or the phone just doesn't maintain signal at all.
They need to prove this.
Technology has its inconveniences, and when you buy a product thats why you are able to return a product. If it doesn't meet your standards, you can return it.
Apple in no way misled its consumers when they bought this product.
Also, they need to prove that every phone ever produced is facing the issues they described. And from the talk on forums here, not everyone is facing an antenna issue. Thus, not everyone everywhere else isn't facing issues either.
this is the best lawsuit ever. hope theres millions more like it
APPLE IS DEAD
Err... maybe what's wrong with america is that it lacks stringent and uniform consumer protection laws in the first place?
No doubt these are socialist, un-American ideas, though...
Err, consumers in America, well some of them, have brains and they vote with their wallet, they don't go running to some government entity to solve all their problems.
Not to be a naysayer, but the same was said for the Walmart class action in Massachusetts.
People said it'd never hold weight, it'd never get wings, and ultimately, the end result was EVERY employee (even salaried members of management, even store/distrct managers) getting emails and letters in the mail about the class action lawsuit filed against Walmart, and their settlement.
It was for...talking to employees while off the clock. Yup. Being on a 15 minute break and if a manager came up to you and asked you a simple question while you were in the breakroom. That's what the entire lawsuit was founded on and ultimately Walmart agreed to pay 40 million to every associate in Massachusetts. Based on how long you worked for the company it determined the estimated settlement you would receive from the suit.
I'm not making this up, we got letters in the mail with prefaces that we may be summoned to court to testify against Walmart and everything.
The point is, class actions do happen and sometimes companies do settle. If Apple fanboys are smart they would join this suit and get the first 1.7 million purchasers to join and get some quick profit from this antenna issue.
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Not to be a naysayer, but the same was said for the Walmart class action in Massachusetts.
People said it'd never hold weight, it'd never get wings, and ultimately, the end result was EVERY employee (even salaried members of management, even store/distrct managers) getting emails and letters in the mail about the class action lawsuit filed against Walmart, and their settlement.
It was for...talking to employees while off the clock. Yup. Being on a 15 minute break and if a manager came up to you and asked you a simple question while you were in the breakroom. That's what the entire lawsuit was founded on and ultimately Walmart agreed to pay 40 million to every associate in Massachusetts. Based on how long you worked for the company it determined the estimated settlement you would receive from the suit.
I'm not making this up, we got letters in the mail with prefaces that we may be summoned to court to testify against Walmart and everything.
The point is, class actions do happen and sometimes companies do settle. If Apple fanboys are smart they would join this suit and get the first 1.7 million purchasers to join and get some quick profit from this antenna issue.
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