California Court of Appeal

In a consumer class action brought by purchasers of notebook computers that were manufactured by defendant, alleging violation of the Unfair Competition Law (UCL), Bus. & Prof. Code section 17200 et seq., violation of the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), Civ. Code section 1750 et seq., unjust enrichment and breach of express warranty, on the purported basis that that certain notebook computers contained inverters that defendant knew would likely fail and cause display screens to dim and darken at some point before the end of the notebook's useful life, the trial court's finding of "no merits" to the CLRA claim and grant of motion for summary judgment at to the remaining claims is: 1) reversed as to certain UCL claims; 2) reversed as to certain CLRA claims; 3) reversed as to a breach of express warranty claim; 3) affirmed as to denial of certification of CLRA claims; 4) reversed as to denial of certification of a nationwide class; 5) affirmed as to imposition of monetary sanctions; and 6) affirmed as to denial of evidentiary sanctions against defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/22/2015
• Published 07/22/2015

Judges

• RUSHING

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel