Sarah Mirando  |  June 28, 2012

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Best Buy, Toshiba Laptop Battery Life Class Action Lawsuit

By Mike Holter

 

Toshiba laptopA class action lawsuit claims Best Buy and Toshiba deceptively advertise Toshiba laptop and notebook computers as having battery life “up to” an unrealistic number of hours.

According to the class action lawsuit, Best Buy and Toshiba fail to disclose to consumers “that the represented ‘up to’ battery life is a number without any realistic correlation to the battery life that a consumer can reasonably expect to experience; but rather, reflects the potential battery life when the laptop is tested with: (i) it’s screen set to 60 nits; (ii) its Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other wireless functions disabled; and (iii) its main processor chip set to 5% to 7.5% of its normal capacity.”

In other words, Best Buy and Toshiba failed to inform consumers that the advertised battery life of Toshiba laptops is based on testing that bears no relation to how a consumer will actually use the laptop, and the actual battery life is substantially less than advertised, the class action lawsuit alleges.

The Toshiba laptop battery life class action lawsuit is brought on behalf of all California consumers who purchased a Toshiba laptop from Best Buy at any time within the last four years and were exposed to a representation that the laptop would have a battery life of “up to” a specified number of hours.

It is seeking actual damages, compensatory damages, restitution and more for alleged violations of California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act and Unfair Competition Law.

A copy of the Best Buy Toshiba Laptop Battery Life Class Action Lawsuit can be read here.

The case is Chad Herron v. Best Buy Co., Inc. and Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Case No. 34-2012-126518, Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento.

 

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Updated June 28th, 2012

 

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