Update:Â
- A judge dismissed a class action lawsuit over an alleged Samsung refrigerator defect in a New Jersey federal court late last month.
- The plaintiffs claimed Samsung sold refrigerators with defective French-door external dispensers allegedly prone to leaking, slushing over, freezing and excessive noise.Â
- The class action, first filed in 2017, had previously been in mediation for more than a year following a judge’s order in 2019 and prior to a scheduled court hearing in May 2021.Â
(April 27, 2021)
After being in mediation for more than a year, the class action lawsuit claiming Samsung refrigerators suffer from an ice tray defect continues to be negotiated.
In their 2017 class action lawsuit, lead plaintiffs Ronald and Debra Bianchi claimed that a defect in Samsung refrigerators with French door external dispensers causes a number of problems, including leaks, slush, over freezing, and excessive fan noise. Â
In 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Claire C. Cecchi ordered the parties to mediation in a bid to help them resolve the claims in the Samsung refrigerator class action lawsuit. Though the parties are still mediating, a court hearing has been scheduled for May 4, 2021, and Samsung has submitted a response to the complaint. Â
Top Class Actions reached out to class counsel who confirmed that the parties are still mediating. Â
The nationwide class action lawsuit and alleged Samsung refrigerator defects potentially affect thousands of consumers. Top Class Actions will continue to monitor developments in the litigation. Â
The Bianchis alleged in their Samsung ice maker class action lawsuit that thousands of consumers have been subject to leaky refrigerators. The units at issue include residential refrigerators with a French door external dispenser built-in.Â
The allegedly affected models are: RF23HCEDB, RF23HCEDT, RFH23HSESB, RF23HTEDB, RF23J9011, RF24FSEDB, RF25HMEDB, RF263BEAE, RF263TEAE, RF26J7500, RF28HDEDB, RF28HDEDT, RF28HFEDB, RF28HFEDT, RF28HFPDB, RF30HDEDT, RF31FMEDB, RF31FMESB, RF323TEDB, RF32FMQDB, RF34H9950 and RF34H9960 in all colors.Â
The plaintiffs claimed that the defective ice makers lead to not only leaks out of the fridge, but inside as well. In addition, consumers complain that the ice bucket becomes stuck, possibly due to a clogged drain from the defect.Â
The class action lawsuit claims that the manufacturer has refused to address the alleged defect. Indeed, Samsung has fought the allegations, filing a motion to dismiss the class action prior to mediation in 2019 and again denying the allegations in court documents filed in February of this year. Â
Do you own a Samsung refrigerator? Have you had issues with the ice maker, leaking or other problems? Tell us about it in the comment section below.
The lead plaintiffs and proposed Class Members are represented by Mitchell M. Breit and Paul J. Hanly Jr. of Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC; Jonathan Shub of Kohn Swift & Graf PC; Gregory Coleman, Mark Silvey, Adam Edwards and Lisa White of Greg Coleman Law PC.Â
The Samsung refrigerator class action lawsuit is Bianchi, et al. v. Samsung Electronics America Inc., et al., Case No. 2:17-cv-01263, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.Â
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51 thoughts onClass action over Samsung refrigerator defect dismissed
We purchased our Samsung refrigerator in 2022 and had to call for a repair on the ice maker 2 times while under warranty. The 3rd time it broke we were told we had to pay over $700 to repair the ice maker. So we turned off the ice maker and now have to buy ice at the store. Ridiculous to pay that kind of money on a frig that is only 2 years old
I have a Samsung refrigerator! freezer that I bought from a second party. it’s not that old and it over freezes, half the time doesn’t make ice. I put brand new filters in it even when the other ones weren’t expired yet, I just deal with it at the moment
I have given up on constantly defrosting to only freeze back up the next day. Please add me.
I have a samsung french door refrdigerator approx 8 yrs old now sinces new the ice dispenser has been repaired twice once three months agfter installation and the the second 3 years ago, consistently freezes up once/few times a months have to do a reset. recently the unit is not waitng for a repair tech as the display screen blinking 80 of the temp in the refrigerator company might be bad board ot sensors. after a unplug and reset the unit is will no shut down. will see what tech says. tomorrow
we need to do something about it please contact me
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Unfortunately I had my icemaker worked on for the fourth time. Replaced everything and now does not work at all! Spent hours on phone after repair and still not producing ice! In the past it has leaked, frozen over.
Finally, someone is doing something about Samsung and their sorry refrigerators! This has been a long journey for us. Also, they sent someone out to repair horrible service. The guy whips out a hairdryer. The icemaker leaks makes slush, freezes up and leaks inside the refrigerator. Please add me.
Please Add Me I have one
We purchased our Samsung fridge on 5/28/21. To date, regardless of how many times we have messed with the temperature, my fruit and vegetables are constantly ruined along with everything that sits at the back of the fridge. We called Samsung and they simply had us do doing what we already had done. With the cost of food today, this is entirely inexcusable….that said with what is going on in our country today, I am not shocked in the least that the court dismissed the case. No accountability whatsoever ever.
We bought our Samsung fridge in 2018 and shortly after we bought it the ice maker stop making ice. A technician asked me to push the ice marker reset button, I followed his instruction and it got reset, it started to make ice again, but water starting leaking inside the ice maker into the out side of the ice tray, so ice over built and it stopped working. A technician came and replaced a part in the ice maker, it fixed the issue for a short time, it didn’t last. The ice built back up and no more ice cubes, frustrating!! The work around for us: defrost the ice maker then let it make some ice and turn the ice maker off and repeat the cycle. Now the ice maker stopped making ice no matter how many times the ice maker is turn on or reset. We are buying a new fridge, but another brand, staying away from Samsung.