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Award (how much your claim may be worth): Up to $225 for each repair made to remedy cracking on the plastic housing surrounding the hinges, including cracking of the hinges themselves, on their notebooks. Other qualifying owners will be eligible to receive a cash payment of $50 or a $150 credit voucher for future purchases at Toshiba Direct.
Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Case(s): Atherton v. Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Case No. CV 08-02141 AG (MLGx) (C.D. Cal.) United States District Court for the Central District of California
Company(ies): Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. 
Website Link to access the Class Action Lawsuit Settlement and get YOUR Stake (PRINT OUT YOUR CLAIM FORM HERE): www.SatelliteHingeSettlement.com
Address of Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Administrator to submit a claim form (REQUIRED FOR CASH BENEFIT):
Toshiba Satellite Notebook Class Action
c/o The Garden City Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 9540
Dublin, OH 43017-4840
Phone Number to call for assistance: 1 (866) 697-5557
Details: The Toshiba Satellite Laptop Broken Hinge Class Action Lawsuit Settlement will provides cash to reimburse the cost of repair or other benefits to qualifying owners of certain models of Toshiba Satellite brand notebook computers that experienced cracking on the plastic housing surrounding the hinges, including cracking of the hinges themselves.
The Toshiba Satellite Notebook Settlement resolves a class action lawsuit over whether certain Satellite brand notebook computers sold by Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (“TAIS”) contained a manufacturing or design defect that rendered the computers unduly prone to cracking on the plastic housing surrounding the hinges.
Which Toshiba Satellite Notebook Computers are included in the Class Action Settlement? If you purchased or acquired (leased) as new one of the following Toshiba Satellite Notebooks at any time between April 1, 2000 and March 12, 2010, you are a Settlement Class Member and are eligible to submit a claim:
Toshiba Satellite 1000
Toshiba Satellite 1005
Toshiba Satellite 1100
Toshiba Satellite 1105
Toshiba Satellite 1110
Toshiba Satellite 1115
Toshiba Satellite 1130
Toshiba Satellite 1135
Toshiba Satellite 1200
Toshiba Satellite 1715
Toshiba Satellite 1730
Toshiba Satellite 1735
Toshiba Satellite 1750
Toshiba Satellite 1755
Toshiba Satellite 1955
Toshiba Satellite 3000
Toshiba Satellite 3005
If you own a Toshiba Satellite Laptop which isn’t listed above you aren’t included in this Class Action Lawsuit Settlement. Also, persons who submitted a claim to Toshiba as part of the Voluntary Satellite Hinge Remediation Program offered by Toshiba from November 8, 2007 to March 31, 2008, whose claim was accepted, and who deposited, cashed, redeemed, or otherwise used a check or a credit voucher issued by Toshiba under the Remediation Program are not included in the Settlement Class.
If you leased your Toshiba Satellite notebook from or to someone else, you may be entitled to settlement benefits. That will depend on whether the person or business from or to whom you leased the notebook also seeks to obtain settlement benefits from this Class Action. Only one person is entitled to benefits for each notebook. Thus, Toshiba will provide the benefits to the first person to submit a claim for that notebook. One more reason to submit your claim ASAP!
What can you expect to receive in the Toshiba Laptop Broken Hinge Class Action? Certain qualifying owners of the Toshiba Satellite Notebooks will be eligible to receive cash refunds of up to $225 for each repair made to remedy cracking on the plastic housing surrounding the hinges, including cracking of the hinges themselves, on their notebooks. Other qualifying owners of the Toshiba Satellite Notebooks will be eligible to receive a cash payment of $50 or a $150 credit voucher for future purchases at Toshiba Direct.
There are two different categories of settlement benefits available to qualifying owners of Toshiba Satellite Notebooks: a Repair Category and a Non-Repair Category. The Repair Category provides cash reimbursement, up to a limit of $225 per repair, for certain repairs that you may have had made to a Toshiba Satellite Notebook for cracking on the plastic housing surrounding the hinges. The Non-Repair Category provides a choice between a $50 cash award and a $150 credit voucher towards future purchases made on Toshiba Direct if your Toshiba Satellite Notebook experienced cracking on the plastic housing surrounding the hinges, regardless of whether or not you had the notebook repaired for that purpose.
Repair Category: Proof of ownership or possession and proof of repair requirements to be eligible for a cash refund of monies expended to repair cracking of the plastic housing surrounding the hinges, including cracking of the hinges themselves on a Toshiba Satellite Notebook, vary depending upon your individual history regarding steps taken by you to have the Toshiba Satellite Notebook repaired.
If you had a Toshiba Satellite Notebook repaired because of cracking of the plastic housing surrounding the hinges (or cracking of the hinges themselves), but the repair was not performed by Toshiba or an Authorized Service Provider, you are ineligible to participate in the Repair Category. You may, however, participate in the Non-Repair Category described below.
Non-Repair Category: Unless you fall into one of the exceptions discussed in question 10 of the Notice, you must show proof of ownership or possession and proof that your Toshiba Satellite Notebook experienced cracking of the plastic housing surrounding the hinges (or cracking of the hinges themselves) to be eligible to receive your choice of either a $50 cash payment, or a $150 credit voucher to be used for future purchases made on Toshiba Direct. The credit vouchers, which will be disseminated within 90 days of the Claims Bar Date, will expire nine months after the date that they have been mailed, and will no longer be valid after that date. You may not transfer a credit voucher to anyone; if you do, and that person tries to use the voucher, it will not be recognized. You can also only use a single credit voucher one time, and may purchase no more than two separate items with the voucher on that one occasion.
If you are eligible to receive settlement benefits in both the Repair Category and the Non-Repair Category, you can claim benefits under each category. (In other words, you may have had a Subject Model Notebook repaired to correct cracking of the plastic housing surrounding the notebook’s hinges, and you later experienced similar cracking on the replacement cover.) If you choose to do so, however, you must still follow the proof requirements applicable to each category. You must also attach to your claim form an affidavit, certification, declaration, or other written statement, attesting under penalty of perjury that any photograph submitted as proof of cracking of the plastic housing surrounding the notebook’s hinges (or cracking of the hinges themselves) was taken after the initial repair took place.
While the proof may be a bit burdensome to produce the class action award easily pays for the time spent to do so, especially if you have credit card receipts or statements showing the expense incurred. Head over to the Settlement Administrator Website now and submit your claim.
Purchased From: 4/01/2000 – 3/12/2010
Claims Accepted Until (YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR CLAIM BY THIS DATE!): 7/30/10
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Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Amount(s): $3,650,000 = 2,750,000 in Cash Benefits to Consumers (ESTIMATE) + $900,000 Attorney Fees and Expenses (ESTIMATE) + $2,500 for Each Lead Plaintiff – Settlement Administrator and Notification Costs
Settlement Administrator(s): Garden City Group, Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel:
Robert C. Lamar, Esq.
Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP
The Sturdevant Law Firm, A Professional Corporation
Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP
Defense Counsel:
Philip R. Sellinger, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Has anyone figured out who can help with another class action?
Last week, Toshiba transferred my call to “CDW new product sales”, who had no idea what to do or how to help, or even what replacement parts to sell me, so I could repair it myself!