Canadian lawsuit pegs Dell for knowingly selling defective laptops

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A group of Canucks who purchased toasty Dell lappies have slapped some legal action on Dell through the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the filing claims that "Dell was negligent in designing the computers and sold them even though the company knew of the problems." The models in question reportedly include the 1100, 1150, 5100, 5150 and 5160 models of the Inspiron, and rather than focusing on batteries that erupted in their laps, it claims that the "notebooks suffer from design defects that cause premature failure of the motherboard due to overheating just after the one-year warranty expires." As expected, a Dell spokesperson didn't have a comment on the pending suit, but we're sure it'll be a bit more diligent to show up in court than in previous scenarios.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/14//canadian-lawsuit-pegs-dell-for-knowingly-selling-defective-lapto//

Now, they gone and done it in Canada. Massive campaign contributions to repukes ain't gonna help them there. On the contrary, it might be a liability, somewhat.