Wednesday, December 20th 2006
Lawsuit Filed Against Nintendo For Defective Wrist Straps
Green Welling LLP filed a nationwide class action lawsuit on behalf of the owners of the Nintendo Wii against Nintendo of America, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The class action lawsuit arose as result of the defective nature of the Nintendo Wii.
In particular, the Nintendo Wii game console includes a remote and a wrist strap for the remote. Owners of the Nintendo Wii reported that when they used the Nintendo remote and wrist strap, as instructed by the material that accompanied the Wii console, the wrist strap broke and caused the remote to leave the user's hand. Nintendo's failure to include a remote that is free from defects is in breach of Nintendo's own product warranty.
The class action lawsuit seeks to enjoin Nintendo from continuing its unfair or deceptive business practices as it relates to the Nintendo Wii.The lawsuit also seeks an injunction that requires Nintendo to correct the defect in the Wii remote and to provide a refund to the purchaser or to replace the defective Wii remote with a Wii remote that functions as it is warranted and intended. If you would like additional information regarding the Nintendo WII Replacement Strap click here.
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Green Welling LLP
In particular, the Nintendo Wii game console includes a remote and a wrist strap for the remote. Owners of the Nintendo Wii reported that when they used the Nintendo remote and wrist strap, as instructed by the material that accompanied the Wii console, the wrist strap broke and caused the remote to leave the user's hand. Nintendo's failure to include a remote that is free from defects is in breach of Nintendo's own product warranty.
The class action lawsuit seeks to enjoin Nintendo from continuing its unfair or deceptive business practices as it relates to the Nintendo Wii.The lawsuit also seeks an injunction that requires Nintendo to correct the defect in the Wii remote and to provide a refund to the purchaser or to replace the defective Wii remote with a Wii remote that functions as it is warranted and intended. If you would like additional information regarding the Nintendo WII Replacement Strap click here.
37 Comments on Lawsuit Filed Against Nintendo For Defective Wrist Straps
"Huge F-ing subwoofer is heavy bend at knees and not the waist fatass"
any way i doubt there ever gonna win in court unless they get that same judge that awarded that lady 1000's of dollars because she was to stupid to realize that mc donalds coffee was hot and spilled it on her crotch <a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/MthcSephiroth/fu.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>
just another case of people suing people because there stupid soon people will be suing themselves
In regards to the issue...If nintendo is compensating those who broke their televisions, and if they've issued a recall(didn't they?), how can this lawsuit hold up?
I'm sure that nintendo wouldn't want this if only for people injuring themselves by throwing out their shoulder or pulling a muscle. People don't want to play with something that hurts them. By your definition Nintendo Wii is about as safe as Lawn Darts.
The simple fact is the strap was put there to prevent damage to the Wii remote and not the things around you. Nintendo knows controllers slip out of people hands and considering you move these controllers in full motions instead of just pressing buttons they knew they would slip. Use some common sense and think before you speak.
www.wiihaveaproblem.com/