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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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Have a 27″ Polaroid TV with the built in DVD player. It was bought in 2009 and is garbage. Just after the 90 day return policy by Walmart the DVD player started acting up, it randomly comes on and makes noises when the tv is on. There is also a defect in the screen. I didn’t know about the smoking and catching fire, but now I will unplug this tv. It says the lawsuit is on behalf of all US consumers. I wonder what they will do, replace the tv’s? Refund consumers?
Just another unsatisfied polaroid customer here… We bought our 32″ DVD/Video combo from Walmart as well… It worked fine for about 6 months and then the picture would go out. I’d turn it on and off a couple of times and it would work for a while. In the past 6 months it doesn’t come back on at all. We didn’t use it that often because it was in the bedroom, but have stopped using it completely… From the sounds of these emails, we’re not the only ones that got ripped off…
We bought a 42 in LCD Polaroid and it first started making cracking noises. Then the picture would mess up and turn neon pink green and blue. I called Circuit City b/c we bought the warranty they said I had to pack it up and they would send it back for repair. I tried the TV one more time and it started smoking and went dead. I dropped the TV off at CC and 2 weeks later they went out of business. Now I have no TV and no way of finding it b/c Polaroid says they don’t have it either?? Now what do I do? Is this case still open? I heard they changed the brand name and filed for bankruptcy? Is this true? Please let me know if I can get my money back for this POS!!!
Purchase my 32 LCD Polaroid on 11/23/07 at Walmart Black Friday! I purchased the 2YR SVC Plan and on 11/22/2010 the television went blank. Thank God the Warranty was still good. So Therefore, I sent the TV UPS to the company NEW for repair. They returned it and it worked fine. So I purchased an additional year service until 11/22/2011. Guess What? Yesterday my husband went into shock on 10/21/2012 because the TV started smoking from the top of the TV. Now the warranty is over and I have no TV. I call Panasonic and they said it was the motor box and I need to pay $149.99 to purchase. Can you believe this?Why would they sale an additional warranty if they new the TV would catch on fire. We have been taking advantage of. How could Walmart endorse such a product. Check out the dates and what a coincident.
PLEASE GOTO http://www.saferproducts.gov/Default.aspx
AND FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THEM SO WE CAN GET A LEGITIMITE RECALL GOING THE MORE THE BETTER
I would like to know how to get in on this lawsuit . We have a 32 inch POLAROID TV purchased at Walmart ,it was given to us for Christmas 2008 ON 08/19/2012 the screen went black, I heard a sizzle and and saw smoke all around it.
I purchased the Polaroid 32″ model FLM323B from Walmart.The blue light comes on but the screen is blank.I believe it was in 2008 at Christmas and paid almost 700 dollars.I put the tv in one of our rooms and the first year we had it, it was only used 2 or 3 times.It worked very well for the next 2 years…then just up and quit.For that much money it should last years.My father had the same Motorola floor model until I was in my twentys.Also how do I find out how to join the suit.
Same problem – I purchased mines 2007 was watchng tv and has white smoke coming out the back – how can I get in on this class action suit.
i have a polaroid tv/dvd combo and when dvd quit working i looked online for a solution and seen they catch fire so i stoped using mine. i would like a tv again.
I really need to be added to the class action lawsuit for my purchase of a LCD polaroid tv. i first purchased the tv in’07 and had to return it because the DVD stopped working. I returned it since I had a warranty then 2yrs later the tv started smoking, went out and just never came back on. I find it very unfair and not professional for a company to have so many complaints and do nothing to compensate the customers. I chose polaroid thinking I could depend on their brand “NOT”