A second lawsuit following a "dangerous" screen fault of the Apple Watch

A selfless An Apple Watch user filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging that the company had "ignored" a problem that caused the laptop battery to swell and crack.

In the draft lawsuit brought this week in the New Jersey District Court in the United States, Gina Priano-Keyser claims that her nine-month-old Apple Watch 3 suffered the anomaly that led to the formation of a new class. a "long, deep slot on the screen of his smartwatches.

The lawsuit, which cites more than a dozen similar experiments described by Apple support community users, alleges that all Apple Watch models are affected by the defect, including the latest Apple Watch 4, " without fault of the wearer, often only a few days or weeks after the purchase. "

Priano-Keyser added that the problem posed "a significant risk to consumer safety", of which a "certain number" suffered "cuts and burns" as a result of scratched, broken or detached screens.

While – surprise, surprise – Apple has not yet returned our request for comment, the company has recognized the borkage back in 2017 and, as a result, extended the guarantee of the first generation of Apple Watch at three years old. In 2018, the Apple Watch 2 received the same treatment.

However, according to Priano-Keyser, Apple knew or ought to have known that the Apple Watch models were defective before selling them. It also claims that Apple is refusing to repair the affected Apple Watch models, claiming that the firm had instead offered it a $ 229 guarantee warranty fee when it took its smart watch plugged for cash. 39, it is repaired.

"According to information and beliefs, the defect is due to aging or otherwise defective li-on batteries, or to defective internal components of the watches that regulate temperature, electrical currents, charge and other mechanisms likely to affect batteries li-on watches. "says the complaint.

This is not the first lawsuit brought by Apple for the swollen blockade of its battery. In June 2018, Kenneth Sciacca, another user dissatisfied with Apple Watch, alleged that Apple was violating federal and state laws by making a conscious effort to conceal material facts about the flaw in the sale. .

"The watches all contain the same defect and / or defect, which causes the cracking, bursting or detachment of the screens of the watches on the body of the watch (the" defect "), without fault of the wearer, often only a few days or weeks after the purchase, "reads the trial.

"Apple knew that the watches were defective when it started to sell them to the public, and consumers complained about the defect almost immediately after Apple's release of the Series 0, Series 1, Series 2, and Series watches. 3. "μ