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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
My 32″ Polaroid dvd combo tv has been working for 4 years now just starting smoking while the miss’ and i were watching tv. This is outrageous that there wasnt a public announcement on tv about this and if there was then why did i ever see it. Luckly i was here when the tv missed up if not i could have lost everything. I would like to know how to get in on the lawsuit and get anew tv or give a refund i am pissed. Thank you..
I had a 19″ Polaroid HDTV inside my Garage or Man Cave as it’s called about three weeks ago suddenly just pop!!! as soon as I turned the power on utilizing the remote. I swear to god…..I have never seen a small TV smoke and sizzle…. I couldn’t help but laugh and tell myself I WILL NEVER BY A POLAROID PRODUCT EVER AGAIN……….
I also bought a 32″ Polaroid LCD TV and the sound went out almost immediately . I was advised by their “help” desk that I could pack it up and send it to them and they would repair it for several hundreds of dollars. I elected to hook it up in such a fashion that I’m not using the sound system in the TV at all. A decent enough work around , but now the picture quality is disintegrating. I did not expect such bad service from such an expensive piece of equipment from a major AMERICAN manufacturer. A POS that will keep me from EVER buying anything from Polaroid again.
well….i purchased mine in 2006 and just this morning while watching cartoons with my daughter… WHITE SMOKE out the top. I wish the tag would’ve read Piece of Crap when i bought it. :) REfund???
A friend and I were watching tv last nite, all of a sudden we heard a hissing sound and then saw white smoke coming out of the top of the tv and the picture went black but there was still sound….very scary….thank God we didn’t leave the tv on and go run errands or something!!!! And yes, it’s a Polaroid. I just can’t believe they didn’t recall them with all the things I’ve read on the internet about them so far, I know now I’m not the only one!
My 2008 32″ Polaroid tv just went black with the sound still working. I have not seen how we can join the lawsuit. It is not right for any company to sell junk they know is defective and then get by with it. We all should have our money returned to us and we can return their crappy tvs. Also, this is a TV/DVD combo and the DVD player also quit working about a year ago. It’s all bad.
To specify our situation, it was roughly two years ago around Christmas time. My aunts and uncles wanted to get my grandmother an LCD television for Christmas, and they purchased one from Polaroid – I believe it is a 42″. Around five to six months passed, and the television’s DVD player ceased working, and soon after that smoke began to billow from the top. To this day, it will still smolder when turned on, after losing the picture and sound from just ten to twenty seconds of being activated.
This product is painfully defective, and we would like the money that was put into it returned. Polaroid was once a trusted name in this house, but we won’t trust anything with its namesake ever again.
My father and I want to know how to join this class action lawsuit. My aunts and uncles all pitched in to get my grandmother one of these faulty televisions a few years back, and it didn’t even last six months before it began smoldering at the top and giving no sound OR picture. Everyone wants their money back, and it’s not fair that these crooks are getting away with this.
i purchased two 32 inch polaroir lcd flat screens-modle tlx-03210b0one when dark screen and i am now afraid to use the other according to reports how can i join this suit or get some kind of compensation
I purchased a 42″ Polaroid in 2007 and it started making a sizzling noise. I Googled to see what it could be and I found myself reading complaints for two hours on what I was going through. I hope something is done about this cause I spent over a 1000 on this defective tv.