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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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I bought my 40′ lcd tv in 2007 I believe that was the year and 6 months exactly later on it broke and would not turn on then they fixed it, now I don’t see any polaroids being sold and last night it started smoking and went out after having it 6 and a half years, sometimes it would get white lines going through the screen while on the internet and we would have to make sure it was on user mode because it was hooked up to my comp with the vga cable or the screen would go black, this was very troubling now I wanna tell everyone if and I say if this thing had caught on fire while we weren’t home and caused serious damage I would be out for blood literally, these TV’s are dangerous I read complaints as far back as 2008 and polaroid well they have a serious problem they need to address in court.
I bought two Polaroid TV’s 19 and 42 inch they are the only tv’s in the house that want work!!! I want my money back because these products should have been on a recall. It’s just as easy to post a notice to all customers regarding products that have the potential to be dangerous as it is to place black Friday ad’s on tv sales. I’m highly disappointed with both Walmart & Polaroid for knowingly selling such products. We would love to have any information regarding any class action lawsuits.
Purchased my 32″ LCD combo DVD player on 8/8/2007. Had to send to NY where purchased service contract required for repair of DVD and told them tv seemed unusually hot when turned on. I sent to service contractor in August 2009. Repaired DVD…worked for a brief period of time, stopped working never repaired again! TV now has sound but no picture. They should recall all of these….Patricia
Same here. 32 inch Flat screen LCD, Walmart, Black Friday Special. Bought for my mom. Picture just went out this week- still have sound… Just called Polaroid. LIAR TECH, who answered the phone, told me it was EXTREMELY RARE, when I asked him how often this happens…LIAR. Part approx. $150. Capacitor, I think. Just be honest. I HATE LIARS. (p.s. I just came
across something on Youtube about fixing tv’s -especially when the screen is out and sound still on….”ShopJimmy.com” He shows how to fix tv’s.
Seems decent , authentic and genuine…I think he may sell parts for less than the expensive manufacturers, as well as show how to DIY…May be an option for those of us who were EXTREMELY FORTUNATE and our tv’s did not catch on fire, and we can still fix them… I STILL want to be a part of this lawsuit, if there is one and it’s not too late…Really disgusting. Late at nite, my mom would NEVER have thought to unplug the tv, had smoke come out of it or it caught on fire…She is elderly and sometimes falls asleep… Sheesh… Makes me sick to even think of it! Anyway, really sorry to be so long and go on and on…Just nasty when people can die and a company does nothing… I am at Hotmail if any updates… Thx.
Forgot… It was 2007 also. :(
Where do you sign up for the lawsuit? Our sound is mubbling. I sure would not want to see it start a fire.
I paid over $700 for my 32″ Polaroid TV/DVD combo. The very first thing that went out on it was the DVD player. I contacted Polaroid to complain and they said I needed my receipt, which I could not find. I finally got a hold of the Walmart where I bought it and it took them several days to dig through their computer files but they did find it. It was unreadable. I cleaned it up the best I could and scanned it to my computer and emailed it to Polaroid and they responded with “It’s out of warranty now.” It wasn’t when I first started complaining to them. Then low and behold the Picture went out on it. Still had sound, but no picture. A couple of capacitors overheated and swelled to their breaking point. I’d be willing to bet everyone who is having problems with the smoking and fires that it is some capacitor inside that caused it. Capacitors store electricity so if they overheat and swell, they pop almost like popcorn and a chemical inside will ooze out and of course if there is still power going to it, it could very easily catch fire. If anyone has anymore info on this suit, please forward it through Facebook or online somewhere so we can get in on it. It sounds like it is a bigger problem than most of us probably thought.
I want in the lawsuit, i filed my complaint in2010
178 Maria
Bowling green ky
Last night my 32″ polaroid tv started smoking and got a black line down the middle of the screen. When I got the tv new back in 07 or 08 we used the built in dvd player only about 4 times and it never worked again.
Just happened. Loud hissing sound and screen went black. Livingroom smells like burnt plastic and bacon. 32″ lcd combo
My Poloroid 40 inch flat screen has an all green screen. I have sound but the picture is gone. I had this tv for several years. How do I sign up to be apart of the lawsuit.