15 Apr Apple iPhone and iPod Touch – National Class Action
Date of Initial Application: April 15, 2013
The motion to authorize the class action in this matter was dismissed on October 14, 2015.
LEX GROUP Inc. has launched and is pursuing a national class action against Apple Canada Inc. and Apple, Inc. (hereinafter collectively “Apple”), concerning Apple’s Former Liquid Damage Policy, which was in effect on or before December 31, 2009 for the affected iPhone devices, and on or before June 30, 2010 for the iPod Touch Devices (hereinafter the “Relevant Time Period”).
This class action is concerning the following devices:
– iPhone (4Gb, 8Gb, 16Gb);
– iPhone 3G (8Gb and 16Gb);
– iPhone 3Gs (16Gb and 32Gb);
– iPod touch (8Gb,16Gb, and 32Gb);
– iPod touch – 2nd Generation (8Gb,16Gb, and 32Gb);
– iPod touch – 3rd Generation (32Gb and 64Gb);
(hereinafter the “Class Devices”)
It is alleged that during the Relevant Time Period, the Class Devices had been tendered to Apple in Canada for repair or replacement, the whole during the standard one year limited warranty or the extended Apple Care Protection Plan (namely a two (2) year coverage provided by Apple at an additional cost). It is further alleged that Apple denied to repair or replace said devices under its Former Liquid Damage Policy which provided that if the external Liquid Submersion Indicator located in the headphone jack in all class devices and in the dock-connector housing of the iPhone device had turned from white to either red or pink, Apple would consider this to be a device affected by liquid damage and therefore deny warranty coverage. However, it is alleged in the proceedings that said external Liquid Submersion Indicators are subject to being triggered by humidity, temperature changes, and for other reasons that do not damage the class devices.
Accordingly, if you own or owned one of the Class Devices mentioned above AND you submitted or tendered said device to Apple during the Relevant Time Period mentioned above AND your request for warranty coverage for the repair or replacement was denied due to a triggered external Liquid Submersion Indicator, then you MAY be part of the proposed Class defined by the class action initiated by our office. Should you be a member of the class defined in this Canadian Class Action, you may be entitled to compensation should the Court authorize the class action or should a settlement be reached (and approved by the Court). We note in this regard that on or about April 10, 2013, a settlement was reached concerning similar class action proceedings in the United States of America (which settlement still requires Court approval by the U.S. Courts).
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Judgment on Motion for Authorization