New Year lawsuit targets Apple over lines on iMac displays

January 2, 2009

Apple is being sued over unwanted vertical lines showing up on the displays built into some iMacs. The lawsuit may be turned into a class action, and the plaintiff wants Apple to implement a formal repair program for affected customers.

Apple is being sued over unwanted vertical lines showing up on the displays built into some iMacs. The lawsuit may be turned into a class action, and the plaintiff wants Apple to implement a formal repair program for affected customers.

Happy New Year! In order to ring in 2009, another class-action lawsuit has been filed against Apple (actually, it was filed on New Year's Eve) over unwanted vertical lines on iMac screens. The lawsuit was brought by Florida resident Aram Hovsepian after his iMac, purchased in October of 2006, began showing vertical lines on the display in March of 2008.

In his complaint, Hovsepian alleges that Apple failed to disclose material facts about the displays in its iMac line, and that there were "common manufacturing defects" that would cause the vertical line phenomenon to happen. "Instead," reads the complaint, "Apple remained silent knowing its iMac display screens would malfunction while consumers purchased iMacs, made warranty claims arising from the vertical lines on display screens, and made out of warranty repairs related to the vertical line problem."

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News Source: ARS Technica