Sued Apple in small claims........and won

[Vipervenom18 10+ year member]

BTW, good job to the OP!

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

After the last software update the bottom part of the touch screen of my iPhone I'v had since launch stopping working. Brought my phone into the Apple Store to have a genius look at. Claimed that since there was "damage"(which was no more than scuffs and a small dent on the top left hand side of the phone from daily usage from having the thing since June), that they would not replace it unless I paid the $250 fee. Having no choice(needed a phone), and after dealing with a little punk manager at the apple store,I paid it.
So I then decided to both file a complaint with the State Attorneys office and sue Apple Inc. for failure to honor there warranty.

Since Apple did not pay there state corporation tax in Minnesota for the year at the time of my filling, I could then sue them in local county court instead of having to go to state court. And since the amount was under $2500, all I had to do was send them a service of notice in the mail. They received the letter and copy of the lawsuit via registered mail was signed by a employee at 1 Infinite Loop.

Got no response from Apple at all.

Court date was today. I fully expected nobody from Apple to be there because there was no way Apple would hire a local attorney to show up for this. And indeed nobody from Apple showed up. So the judge awarded me the default judgment in the amount I asked for which was $740(price of the iPhone plus legal expenses). Think total legal expenses were like around $90. Around $80 in court costs, and around $10 to subpoena the Apple Store manager.

So now goes the hard part of collecting. But f*uck Apple and there customer service.

cool . now can i have some money

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

tight work...looks like apple decided it was cheaper to pay the claim than hire an attorney to defend it.

Yea, like they dont have any on staff to defend them.

They just decided it wasnt worth it for them to send there attorney who is probably finding loop holes in importing taxes to come to a small town over a 700 dollar lawsuit

 

[ebrunn 10+ year member]

I mean, just because the thing showed signs of use(scratches, little impression on the top left corner), they said that something totally unrelated(the bottom of the touch screen not working), would not be covered. Its a phone, not a desktop computer. It gets exposed to the elements of real life. Its not like I was throwing the thing at the wall all day.