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Blackberry 10 Series Smartphones
January 2017: The appeal was voluntarily dismissed, the reasons for which have not been disclosed. (Case No. 16-3318, 3rd Cir.)
August 2016: The named plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal regarding the July 2016 dismissal.
July 2016: A federal judge granted the company’s motion to dismiss finding that, among other things, plaintiffs failed to plead enough facts to state a claim. The case was dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled..
February 2015: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Blackberry Corporation for, among other things, allegedly misleadingly failing to disclose that the Blackberry 10 Series smartphones were defective and did not work as advertised. (Semeran et al v. Blackberry Corporation and Does 1-10, Case No. 15-cv-00750, D. NJ.).
For more information about other class-action lawsuits regarding the misleading advertising of phones and TINA.org’s coverage of the issue, click here.
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