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Defective Polaroid LCD TV Class Action Lawsuit
By Mike Mirando
A federal class action lawsuit filed in Minnesota claims that Polaroid know as early as 2006 that its LCD TVs fail, smoke and catch fire, but actively concealed the defects and chose not to warn customers or recall the sets.
The Polaroid LCD TV class action lawsuit alleges that these TVs suffer from a design defect that inevitably results in the TV’s failing, becoming inoperable, and in some cases smoking and catching fire.
“Polaroid has been aware since 2006-2007 that their LCD TVs are not only unreliable, but are also a dangerous fire hazard. By doing so, Polaroid places its customers at risk of injury or death,” the class action lawsuit states. “Not only did Polaroid actively conceal the TV’s defects, they also made materially misleading statements touting the high quality of the TVs, including but not limited to an incident wherein Polaroid was cited in 2010 by Underwriters Laboratories (“UL”) for including a UL certification on a Polaroid TV which was not actually certified by UL.”
Had consumers known of the problems associated with the defective Polaroid LCD TVs, they would not have purchased them, the Polaroid class action lawsuit claims.
The Polaroid LCD TV class action lawsuit is brought on behalf of all persons in the U.S. who purchased one or more Polaroid LCD TVs. It is seeking class certification, injunctive relief, and attorneys’ fees.
A copy of the Defective Polaroid LCD TV Class Action Lawsuit can be read here.
The case is Karen Hudson, et al. vs. Polaroid Corporation and PLR IP Holdings, LLC, United States District Court, District of Minnesota.
Updated June 9th, 2011
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102 thoughts onDefective Polaroid LCD TV Class Action Lawsuit
I too am having the same issues with my Polaroid 42′ LCD TV. I purchased it 2007.
There is a buzzing sound when plugged in, but it does not power on. The buzzing only stops when I unplug it. After a few days of it being unplugged I can get it to work until it is once again turned off.
My 2007 Polaroid TV was smoking. It now has no picture. I was glad I was home when the smoke came out of the back of the TV. How can I sign up for the Class Action Suit?
I too purchased a Polaroid 42 inch flat screen TV at Walmart in central Indiana and no picture. How can I be reimbursed for the cost of my defective TV?
9-16-15 Bought polaroid tv at walmart in 2008. Last night, smoke poured out the top. Same description of incident as all stated above. We jerked it out of the cabinet and threw it in the front yard. Called # in polaroid cust. serv. booklet today. They denied that it would catch fire. Would not help me. smoke/smoldering/something hot inside = electrical fire. Then found out Polaroid is bankrupt. I want to join the class action law suit! It is defective! can anyone help me? Tell me how join the fight! There seems to be plenty of us!
My poloroid 32in/dvd combo did the same thing on Friday white smoke i told a poloroid rep that im super upset that i spent my money on this but was more concerned that there is a thousand other tvs out there and someone could be hurt there answer call back monday (labor day) long story short its not our fault and you can buy a 60 piece to fix it we didnt make the tv but your company names on it i will never deal with poloroid again in life
Have a 40 inch Polaroid bought from walmart tv has a black line in the middle and when in use feels very hot to the touch. I quit using it 2012 it a piece of junk that should be recalled paid over $858.00 in 2007. What a rip off !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No more walmart or Polaroid they both do not have any pride in their products or care about their business partners just our money. Thanks
Have polaroid tv\dvd…have always had problems with it..took it to tv repair man once and paid over 200.00 dollars only to bring in home and in 6 months it is still having problems..you will be watching and the sound will go out-sometimes the screen goes black, sometimes it will come on and watch it for about 45 min then it will go out…this is a piece of junk and you can never depend on it…I want my money back…bought it at walmart several yrs ago thinking polaroid was a good name brand—so wrong!!
Watching Polaroid this morning and same thing happened. It started smoking out the top of TV.
It was very scary. Good thing we weren’t sleep who knows what would’ve happened!
It’s a shame Polaroid gets away with this!
Same story; we purchased our Polaroid 32 inch LCD/HDTV in 2007 and last week sizzling, pop, flames inside the TV and smoke. Polaroid has filed Chapter 11 and the 3rd party customer service department handling consumer complaints are not empowered to assist the customer. Because we are out of warranty, the only solution offered is a $60 replacement part and the cost to repair.
My Polaroid LCD tv has been broken for a long time but I just found out about the lawsuit today, Is it too late to join?