Patricia Paquette has retained the law firm of Dussault Gervais Thivierge of Quebec to initiate this collective action.
a few days ago, an application for authorization to institute a class action against Samsung was filed in London Ontario on behalf of canadian consumers.
About 39 000 phones Galaxy Note 7 have been sold in Canada since last summer.
Patricia Paquette has bought his August 22 in a boutique Videotron.
As all the world, she has quickly seen information to the effect that the devices surchauffaient, ignited and exploded. At least 35 incidents have been reported across the world on 2 September.
Samsung has proceeded to a reminder of the cell phones, blaming faulty batteries.
Patricia Paquette says that he did not have the choice of exchanging their device due to fear for her safety. She claims to have lost several computer data during the exchange.
After a new notice of Samsung, Patricia Paquette has had to again change phone and choose a different template than the Note 7. She claims to have experienced a major stress during the whole episode.
Samsung has violated the Act on the protection of the consumer had committed civil wrongs, alleged the lawyers of quebec.
They argue in their motion that Samsung has not done adequate testing and has been negligent in its investigation of the case of overheating. The product recall has not been done in a timely fashion, they add.
“The plaintiff and the other members of the group would not have purchased the unit if they had been informed of the risks associated with its use, the latter being for all practical purposes useless, and obviously dangerous”, alleged the lawyers.
Samsung has sent a letter of apology to its consumers in date of 7 November, recognizing “their own responsibility”, argued the lawyers of Patricia Paquette.
According to the motion, Samsung should be ordered to pay $ 25 million in damages, including $ 5 million in punitive damages.
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