Apple to refund Customers to resolve Adapter Lawsuits

From Mercury News
Apple has agreed to pay refunds of $25 to $79 to as many as 2.3 million customers to resolve claims that some of its power adapters were prone to spark.

Customers who bought certain replacement adapters for PowerBook and iBook computers are eligible for the settlement, according to documents filed Jan. 25 in federal court in San Jose. District Court Judge James Ware granted preliminary approval of the agreement March 24. The class action, or group, lawsuit, filed in 2006, alleged Apple misrepresented problems with the power adapters.

In 2001, Apple recalled about 570,000 power adapters sold worldwide with Macintosh PowerBook G3 personal PCs after reports of overheating. Apple will give cash payments to customers who bought an adapter made by Apple or another company to replace a failed one, according to court documents.

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