Top Class Actions’s website and social media posts use affiliate links. If you make a purchase using such links, we may receive a commission, but it will not result in any additional charges to you. Please review our Affiliate Link Disclosure for more information.
Update:
- A federal judge in Texas declined to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed against Apple by a man claiming his iPhone 6 exploded in his hand.
- U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III ruled the man made plausible class claims under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act in his second amended complaint.
- Plaintiff Robert Franklin claims Apple tricked consumers into believing its iPhone 6 batteries were high-quality when, in reality, they can explode.
- Judge Mazzant initially dismissed class claims last October but allowed them to remain following an amended complaint in January.
- Franklin claims he still suffers from injuries to this day on account of his iPhone 6’s battery exploding.
(May 6, 2022)
A defect in the Apple iPhone 6 battery caused one iPhone owner’s phone to catch fire in his hands, burning his eyes and wrist, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
The class action lawsuit was filed in Texas on May 6 by lead plaintiff Robert Franklin, who says his iPhone injured him in August 2019.
According to the claim, a defect in Apple’s iPhone 6 battery causes it to overheat, which creates a danger of explosion and fire.
On Aug. 15, 2019, Franklin, who had bought his iPhone 6 in 2018, was listening to music on the phone when he noticed the music playing on his iPhone began to skip, the class action lawsuit states.
“As he picked up his iPhone to investigate, his iPhone suddenly exploded and caught fire in his face, causing him to fall to the ground,” the claim says.
“In an attempt to mitigate his fall, Mr. Franklin instinctively tried to brace himself with his right hand. When Mr. Franklin fell to the ground, he immediately felt a burning pain in his eyes and right wrist. Mr. Franklin suffered injuries to his eyes and wrist as a result of this incident, and these injuries continue to plague Mr. Franklin to this day.”
The class action alleges Franklin’s iPhone 6 was unsafe to operate and was destroyed by the explosion due to the battery defect. The lawsuit adds he incurred economic loss damages associated with the loss and replacement of his iPhone 6 and subsequent medical treatment for his injuries.
“Members of the putative class have the same defective iPhone 6 battery and will incur substantially similar economic loss damages associated with the loss and replacement of their iPhone 6s and possible medical treatments.”
The class action lawsuit alleges consumers were provided an express warranty at the time of sale of the iPhone 6, and Apple warranted the iPhone 6 would be free from defects, meet design specifications, and be suitable for its intended purpose.
“Moreover, Defendant warranted that it would pay the expenses associated with any product defect and needed repair.”
Franklin wants to represent anyone in Texas who bought an iPhone 6 with a defective battery. He is suing for breach of warranty and deceptive trade practices, and seeks certification of the Class, damages, interest, and a jury trial.
Apple has faced a number of class action lawsuits over its iPhone batteries. In January, consumers in Italy filed a €60 million (roughly $73 million) class action lawsuit over its iPhones’ battery life, alleging Apple’s “planned obsolescence” of several models of the iPhone 6 that were sold in Italy between 2014 and 2020.
Do you have an iPhone 6? How has your experience been with your battery? Let us know in the comments.
Franklin is represented by Jeffrey T. Embry, Margaret C. Pennell and Matt Montgomery of Hossley & Embry LLP.
The iPhone 6 Battery Explosion Class Action Lawsuit is Robert Franklin v. Apple Inc., Case No. 4:21-cv-00354-ALM, in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Sherman Division.
Check out our list of Class Action Lawsuits and Class Action Settlements you may qualify to join!
Read About More Class Action Lawsuits & Class Action Settlements:
- Georgia Democrats, Voters Sue Officials Over Prohibitively Long Poll Lines
- Minnesota Mail-In Ballot Voter Witness Requirement Dropped
- Does Zantac Cause Cancer?
- Uber Sexual Assault, Lyft Driver Rideshare App Lawsuit Investigation
92 thoughts onApple class action over exploding iPhone 6 to proceed
I bought an iphone and find out about this now?!! Definitely add me
It gets so hot and burns my hands and ear and I can’t sleep with it on my bed at night because it gets so hot.
i still have my iphone 6 it heats up sometimes when im not using it but its in my pocket. battery drains so fast.
I have an IPhone 6s also and it heats up a lot
Please add me
My IPhone6 became swollen and separated. I called Apple and was told to immediately STOP using the phone and go to the Dallas, Texas store in Northpark for a New Battery. Once at the store I was told that the battery could not be replaced, but I was given a New IPhone6 Free. They screwed up transferring my data. I work for the US Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Government uses Apple IPhone and problem was so bad that over 20,000 IPhone’s were replaced by Apple with FREE NEW IPhone 8. Thought you might like to know this. Call me 202-235-4696
My battery swell up it crack my phone open
Add me have 2 iPhone 6
My son had two iPhones that the batteries swelled so much I thought they would explode at any moment. The phones stopped working and broke open in pieces. I took them outside for safety reasons.
We have 3 Iphone 6, batteries are awful.