We’ve recently seen no fewer than three class action lawsuits regarding the butterfly keyboard used in the MacBook Pro, and now it’s the turn of the Apple Watch.
A new class action lawsuit claims that all models of the Apple Watch, from Series 0 to Series 3, share the same defect …
Patently Apple reports that the lawsuit claims that a defect results in the screens cracking, shattering or detaching.
It further alleges that Apple was aware of the defect from the start, and has a policy of refusing to honor warranty claims for the issue.
The lawsuit seeks damages of $5M.
Further, Apple’s conduct, when confronted with the Defect, indicates that its internal policy is to deny the existence of the Defect, claim the Defect is the result of “accidental damage” caused by consumers, and then refuse to honor its Limited Warranty on those grounds.
Apple has acknowledged two issues with the Series 0 models, extending warranties to three years for both swollen batteries and detached back covers. It later offered the same extension to certain Series 2 models with expanded batteries, and identified a separate issue with some Series 3 models showing visible stripe markings on the display.
None of the issues so far acknowledged by Apple address cracked or detached displays, though this would be one potential result of a swollen battery.
