Sarah Mirando  |  August 14, 2012

Category: Consumer News

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Sharp LCD TVDetails on how to file a claim for the LCD panel class action lawsuit settlement have finally been released. If you purchased a laptop, computer monitor or television with a flat-panel LCD display between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2006 manufactured by Toshiba, LG, AU Optronics, Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi, Epson, Chimei, Chunghwa or HannStar, you may be eligible to receive at least $25 cash from the class action settlement.

The LCD monitor settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit, entitled In re: TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, that alleges the LCD manufacturers listed above engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy to fix, raise, maintain or stabilize the prices of TFT-LCD flat panels, resulting in consumers overpaying for TVs, laptops and computer monitors containing the panels. The Defendants deny any wrongdoing, but have agreed to pay a combined $1.1 billion class action lawsuit settlement to provide refunds to U.S. consumers.

The LCD class action settlement only covers consumers who purchased INDIRECTLY from these companies. “Indirectly” means that you purchased an LCD panel in a television, monitor or notebook computer from someone other than the manufacturer of that panel (such as at Best Buy, Amazon.com, etc.). The states covered under the LCD class action settlement include:

Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Hawaii
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin

To receive a cash refund from the LCD class action settlement, you must submit a claim form to the Settlement Administrator on or before December 6, 2012. Claim forms can be submitted online at www.LCDClass.com.

The amount of money you will receive from the settlement will be based on how many claims are filed as well as the number/type of LCD flat panel product you purchased, but the minimum amount you will receive is $25. A claim for the purchase of an LCD flat panel TV will be given twice the value as a claim for the purchase of a monitor or notebook computer.

Payments will be distributed after the Court grants final approval of the LCD panel settlement and any appeals are resolved. A Final Fairness Hearing is set for November 29, 2012.

Claim forms and more information on your rights in the LCD Panel Class Action Lawsuit Settlement can be found at www.LCDClass.com.

UPDATE 4/14/14: Distribution of funds from the LCD class action settlement has been delayed by appeals. The Settlement Administrator is estimating that the appeals will not be resolved until 2015 to 2018. Read more.

UPDATE 7/24/14: All appeals have been resolved and payments could go out at early as September or October 2014. More info.

UPDATE 10/23/14: A federal judge reportedly gave authorization to distribute the LCD class action settlement funds at a hearing on Oct. 17. 2014, and the checks are likely to be distributed the last week in October. Read more.

UPDATE 10/23/14: A federal judge reportedly gave authorization to distribute the LCD class action settlement funds at a hearing on Oct. 17. 2014, and the checks are likely to be distributed the last week in October. Read more.

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51 thoughts onLCD TV, Laptop, Computer Monitor Class Action Settlement

  1. Zenobria brito says:

    There should be a reopening of this. I am seeing a lot of complaints about hitachi lcd. I have a complaint myself. The television is a few years ago, the screen jus went black. This is so unfair.

  2. ANGEL IN CALIFORNIA says:

    MY FRIEND WHO LIVES IN CALIFORNIA DID NOT GET HIS CHECK YET. IS THERE ANY BODY ELSE WHO LIVES IN CALIFORNIA WHO HAS NOT GOTTA A CHECK?

    1. Joe says:

      I live in Wisconsin and have not received my check. They said they mailed it Oct 27. Anyone in WI having the same problem?

      1. krista c says:

        Call them. I did. my check had to be reissued. 4-6 more weeks wait
        1-855-225-1886

  3. VLS says:

    just got a check for `173.97 was pleasantly surprised

  4. KITALA says:

    JUST GOT A 304.00 CHECK

  5. Top Class Actions says:

    UPDATE 10/23/14: A federal judge reportedly gave authorization to distribute the LCD class action settlement funds at a hearing on Oct. 17. 2014, and the checks are likely to be distributed the last week in October. Read more.

  6. ANGEL IN CALIFORNIA says:

    I’M SO HAPPY!!! THANK GOD.

  7. Top Class Actions says:

    UPDATE: All appeals have been resolved and payments could go out at early as September or October 2014. More info.

  8. JULIA says:

    UPDATE ON COURT PROCEEDINGS/DISTRIBUTION: Final Approval of settlements with all of the Defendants was granted in this case in April, 2013. Soon thereafter, appeals were filed by individuals/entities who had objected to the settlements. The last of those appeals was dismissed on June 13, 2014.

    The Settlement Administrator, Rust Consulting, is now completing the final processing of claims that have been filed. Counsel for the Classes, and the State Attorneys General which joined this settlement, plan to request approval from the Court by October 1, 2014, to distribute the funds. Following Court approval, all valid claims will be paid. (A copy of that motion will be posted at this website.)

    The Settlement Administrator will provide periodic up-dates regarding distribution issues every 45 days.

    The distribution of Settlement Funds is expected to occur later in the fall of 2014.

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