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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
Same story, just happened to me…watching my 46in. Polaroid LCD and I hear a sizzling noise and then smoke starts pouring out the top if the TV, screen blank… I bought this in 2007 at Walmart… Is it too late to join this lawsuit??
I’m in the UK. July 2014 I bought a 50\ polaroid 3d smart TV from Asda (Walmart). This morning the screen went black and only has sound. I got onto asda who are collecting it as soon as, and issuing me with a full refund… Needless to say I won’t be buying another polaroid TV.
Same issue as everyone else. Purchased a 42 inch Polaroid TV on Black Friday from Walmart and no picture only sound. How do I become part of this class action lawsuit?
Same as everyone else….my Polaroid TV is smoking out of the back and who even knows what is burning up. It smells awful and made a sizzle sound. POLAROID, I WANT MY MONEY BACK, YOU LYING BUNCH OF CROOKS!
I also bought a Polaroid 32″ flat screen and it went out after 2 months of purchase and Target sent it out for repairs. We got it back and it worked for a while and went out again. I was out over $700.00 and can’t find any one to fix it cause the warranty ran out. I think POLAROID should make it right but I know they won’t. Makes it hard when you are on a small income.
I live in Florida and purchased my 32 inch Polaroid Model #FLM-3201 from Circuit City towards the end of 2007. Within the first year all the screen background had suddenly turned bright green fuzzy colored. Seemed I might have a
1. Backlight and/or an inverter board issue
2. It could also be due to the inverter circuits for the backlights (the inverter is the power supply source for
the backlights)
3. There could also be a screen driver problem and if it was then I had to change the entire inverter board
The cost potential cost would have been more than 50% of the original price I’d paid for it new. I decided to just purchase a new TV & have kept the Polaroid as a secondary computer screen.
What a waste of money!!!
Sincerely,
Christopher B. Goldfond
I have this Polaroid Flat Screen and I was just laying in bed just now and all of a sudden I hear a loud sizzling noise and the tv goes black the room stinks and when I get the light turned on smoke is everywhere I unplugged the tv quickly! It’s 3:30 am my family could have been killed if I wasn’t awake! Something has to be done!
We have the 26″ tv/dvd combo and it is crackling and hissing when powered up. Polaroid logo appears then total black. I would like to join in the suit. How do I sign up? This TV is seldom used (in motorhome) so it should have no issues. Thank you for your time reading this.
Sincerely,
Warren McClish
I have the same Model Polaroid LCD TV bought in 2007 three years later sizzling sound and white smoke out of top. Scared the heck out of me. No picture but sound. Had it fixed and just recently may of 2014 same thing happened again got it fixed. I was told it is a long standing known problem with the capacitors for the LCD display power. Can I get in on this lawsuit?
I’m seeing a trend here if you read 10 or 12 of more of the comments on here people are saying they bought they’re tv in 2007 that seems to be a key year that this defective problem was happening.