HP – You were warned!
I wrote back in November about the problems I am having with my HP Pavillion TX 1000 and the numerous complaints on HP’s own forums. Well news at last, a class action suit is underway, via Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah details below.
HP Pavilion Notebooks
Summary of Pending Case: On January 6, 2009, Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLP (“SFMS”), along with co-counsel filed a Class Action Complaint on behalf of Mr. Cass Wilson against Hewlett-Packard Company (“HP”) in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, Civil Action No. 1 09-CV-132004. The Complaint alleges that HP misrepresented and concealed material facts regarding certain laptops including a design defect, which causes the power jacks of the laptops to fail. Specifically, the defect affects the attachment of the power jacks to the motherboards of the laptops. As a result of the defect, the solder connection between the motherboard and the power jack is interrupted, which ultimately causes the laptops to fail. The HP Pavilion laptops at issue in Plaintiff’s case include laptops in the following series: dv, zd, ze, zt, zv and zx.
Plaintiff seeks to represent a class of all persons or entities in the United States who purchased, not for resale HP Pavilion Notebook model computers from the dv, zd, ze, zt, zv and zx series (with the exception of the excluded models mentioned above), directly from HP or from authorized resellers. Through his Complaint, Plaintiff alleges violations of the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, the California Unfair Competition Law, and for breach of express warranty.
Status of Pending Case: A case management conference has been scheduled for June 2, 2009, where the Court may set a scheduling order with certain deadlines for the case. In the meantime, Plaintiff will continue to conduct discovery in this matter. If you have experienced one of the above problems with your HP Pavilion Notebook, click here