Sony, Apple Offer Japanese Couple $13,000 for Exploding Computer

D_o_S · Apr 16, 2008

Apple and Sony have decided to settle at least one lawsuit stemming from the whole lithium-ion battery debacle of '06. The two companies are jointly paying a Japanese couple a total of about 1.3 million yen (that's $12,903) for damages to their home and burns the man sustained while trying to remove his flaming Apple computer from the house. The couple argued this fire was caused by a defective Sony lithium-ion battery.

To date, Sony has recalled 9.6 million of these occasionally unstable batteries with the help of some major laptop manufacturers, including Apple, Toshiba, Lenovo and Acer.

Apple, while accepting liability in the case, insisted it would not settle the dispute out of court because the couple had demanded excessive compensation (they were asking for 2 million yen). Despite agreeing to pay its share of the settlement, Sony still maintains there was no link between the fire and the battery.

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choppy · Apr 16, 2008

okay $12000 is £6000 and to be honest, 6k for damage to my house and BURNS just dont cut the mustard

jbunch07 · Apr 16, 2008

i would have sued for allot more than that...but hey i would be happy with 13k
at any rate that really sucks his computer "exploded" if that happened in the states it would have had a much bigger impact on the media

Jimmy 2004 · Apr 16, 2008

choppy said:
okay $12000 is £6000 and to be honest, 6k for damage to my house and BURNS just dont cut the mustard

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. People have gotten more money for lesser claims.

jbunch07 · Apr 16, 2008

Jimmy 2004 said:
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. People have gotten more money for lesser claims.

like the chick that sued Mcdonald's for hot coffee a while back?

FreedomEclipse · Apr 16, 2008

jbunch07 said:
like the chick that sued Mcdonald's for hot coffee a while back?

or that dude who sued Mcdonald's for making him fat???

Morgoth · Apr 16, 2008

Dangle · Apr 16, 2008

Jimmy 2004 said:
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. People have gotten more money for lesser claims.

This is Japan we're talking, not Europe...

lemonadesoda · Apr 16, 2008

D_o_S said:
Apple, while accepting liability in the case, insisted it would not settle the dispute out of court because the couple had demanded excessive compensation (they were asking for 2 million yen).

LOL. 2 million yen is peanuts. So Apple is publically saying 2 million is excessive (approx. $20,000). For personal injury and for property damage. WOW. I guess that will be QUOTED in every lawsuit Apple makes in the future against other people/companies! :roll:

While I dont agree with piracy, the fact that a "home pirate" that just copies a few CDs gets nailed for multiples of this... when there is NO personal injury or property damage, only copyright infringement. Makes me think that the balance of litigation isnt balanced fairly between corporations and individuals. (Except the Macdonalds hot coffee case LOL).

WarEagleAU · Apr 17, 2008

Ok, if they say the two are unrelated, how the hell do they explain the laptop catching fire? Uhm, battery? DUH

jbunch07 · Apr 17, 2008

WarEagleAU said:
Ok, if they say the two are unrelated, how the hell do they explain the laptop catching fire? Uhm, battery? DUH

basically apple is saying its sony's fault not them

suraswami · Apr 17, 2008

Damn Sony. Sony has screwed Dell in the past with the same battery related issue (Dell went to LG I think). It also has screwed lots of Digital Camera makers like Olympus in producing defective ccd. What is wrong with them? Are they trying to produce more compromising on Quality on which they earned their name?

jbunch07 · Apr 17, 2008

suraswami said:
Damn Sony. Sony has screwed Dell in the past with the same battery related issue (Dell went to LG I think). It also has screwed lots of Digital Camera makers like Olympus in producing defective ccd. What is wrong with them? Are they trying to produce more compromising on Quality on which they earned their name?

sounds about right...they used to be one of the best brands there was...looks like they are loosing their grip :shadedshu

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