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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
Polaroid flat screen – Same thing as everyone else, tv made a pop and sizzling noise then smoke poured out of it, we are lucky we were there and it didn’t start fire and we unplugged it!!
42 Inch POLOROID LCD after 10 – 20 mins I get sound but no picture.
Seems this is NOT an isolated issue. Poloroid should probably make this right. A class action loss will cost tens of millions.
ok i’m in the same boat as the rest of people on here two weekends ago my 43 Polaroid flat screen went up in smoke started coming out of the back of the vents to keep cool so i do a search and see a class action law suite going on so how does one get involved in this law suite any information would be great thanks
Purchased a 42″ at a Walmart Black Friday sale and it goes out when it feels like it and sometimes comes back on and sometimes not. if not too late would like more info on the lawsuit.
I bought my son the 32 inch polariod 03211c with built in dvd player for christmas 2008..I have had so many problems with it and could get no where customer service so I just put the tv away. Just last month 8/13, I found a repair shop that said they could fix it. I paid $89.99 and the tv still doesn’t work and my remote and cord were lost. So upset right now. Can I please get some info on this lawsuit???
I purchased a 40 plus inch flat screen Polaroid T.V. and all of a sudden the picture went black. I googled the symptoms to find out if this was something others experienced and found that this class action suit was in the works.
I just want my T.V. fixed or Replaced.
Is it too late to join this lawsuit? My 6 yr. old 32″ Polaroid nearly caught fire today. Smelled something funny and then saw the plume of black smoke coming from behind the tv. Hoped it was the cable box, so shut off both and turned them on individually. The tv had sound but no picture. So it was definitely the tv. I am very upset. Of course the warranty is long gone, can’t afford a new one.
I also bought a 42 inch Polaroid tv. Not working. I still have it. Old like to be included in law suit.
Does anyone know what the outcome was? My TV was repaired once under warranty after smoking and shutting down, now it has happened again and I have no warranty! Is it too late to get justice on this, defective product?
I bought this polaroid 32″ for my bedroom as a 2nd TV.
Not frequently used but sometime my kid watched her cartoons on it. Yesterday while she was watching she yelled that there is a smoke coming out from back of TV and the screen went black. I managed to turn it off and hasnt used since then.