World Tech Toys Class Action Challenges Camera Drone Warranty Denials

World Tech Toys has been unlawfully dodging warranty claims over its camera drones, according to the plaintiff in a new class action lawsuit.

Plaintiff Christopher Lee of Oregon says defendant World Tech Toys Inc. gave him a bogus excuse when he asked the company to honor the express warranty on its Elite Mini Orion HD Camera Drone. He accuses the company of violating California’s Unfair Competition Law.

Lee says that in December 2016, he purchased an Elite Mini Orion HD Camera Drone made by World Tech Toys from the defendant’s online vendor HobbyTron. When he got the drone a few days later, he says it came packed with a warranty certificate that read:

“IF FOR ANY REASON YOU NEED A REPLACEMENT OF YOUR PURCHASE, WE HAVE ARRANGED AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. REGARDLESS OF THE REASON, DAMAGED.”

Soon after Lee received the drone, he says, one of its legs broke off during normal use. When he contacted World Tech Toys to make a warranty claim, he says the company refused to honor the express warranty. He was told that the warranty stated on the certificate did not apply to his drone because he did not purchase the drone through QVC.

Lee says there’s no such restriction stated on the warranty certificate. He says World Tech Toys never disclosed that the express warranty was limited to drones purchased through QVC, or that it would refuse for any reason to honor its stated warranty.

He further alleges that other purchasers who did buy their World Tech Toys drones through QVC were also denied their warranty claims, as evidenced by reviews left on the QVC website.

Lee says he’s now stuck with a broken drone and is out the $192.05 he paid for it. He believes that he and proposed Class Members were misled by World Tech Toys after they reasonably relied on the company’s warranty representations when deciding to purchase their drones.

Had he known that World Tech Toys would not honor its stated warranty, Lee says he never would have bought an Elite Mini Orion HD Camera Drone or any similar product from the company.

Lee is proposing to represent a plaintiff Class consisting of all persons who within the applicable statutory limitations period purchased products from World Tech Toys that contained a warranty promising unconditional exchange within six months of ownership.

He seeks a court order certifying his proposed Class and naming him as class representative and his attorneys as class counsel. He is also asking the court to order World Tech Toys to engage in a corrective advertising campaign. He also seeks an award of actual, punitive and statutory damages, court costs and attorneys’ fees, pre- and post-judgment interest, and any other relief the court sees fit to grant.

Lee is represented by attorneys Todd M. Friedman, Adrian R. Bacon, Meghan E. George and Thomas E. Wheeler of Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman PC.

The World Tech Toys Breach of Warranty Class Action Lawsuit is Christopher Lee v. World Tech Toys Inc., Case No. 8:17-cv-00955, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.