Case question (Chapter 8) for the book: Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century (8th edition)
Case 8.6
Purchasers of Ipod audio players brought a class action lawsuit against apple, Inc. for breach of the implied warranty of merchantability. They alleged that the ipods were defective because they posed a risk of noise-induced hearing loss to users. The ipod is capable of producing sounds as loud as 115 decibels,and it contains batteries that last for 12 to 14 hours. do plaintiffs have a valid claim for breach of the implied warranty of merchantability? [Birdsong v. Apple, inc, 590 F.d 955(9th Cir. 2009)]