Consumer Law
Mar. 20, 2025
Apple Watch customers seek final approval of $20M settlement
Apple denied any wrongdoing in the case, which accuses the company of negligently designing the first four models of the Apple Watch by failing to account for a known battery defect that allegedly exposed customers to "razor-sharp edges" from the broken screen.
Attorneys for more than 540,000 Apple Watch customers asked an Oakland federal judge to finalize a $20 million settlement agreement with Apple Inc. on Wednesday. The three-year battle centers on the plaintiffs' claims that the tech giant knowingly sold them defective watches with batteries that "swelled" and broke the screen, causing injury.
The putative class action, filed in December 2021, accuses Apple of negligently designing the first four models of the Apple Wa...
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