October 27, 2014
A Washington federal judge on Friday struck the final blow to a failed class action alleging that Philips Oral Healthcare Inc.'s Sonicare electric toothbrushes are defective, punting claims brought under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act after she found that the named plaintiff couldn't prove she had suffered a loss.
October 15, 2014
A Washington federal judge on Tuesday denied certification of a nationwide class in a suit alleging Philips Oral Healthcare Inc.'s Sonicare electric toothbrushes are defective, ruling that the sometimes-conflicting consumer protection laws of the plaintiffs' home states applied to the suit.
February 25, 2014
A federal judge in Washington state on Monday trimmed a putative class action alleging Philips Oral Healthcare Inc.'s Sonicare electric toothbrushes suffer from a defect that reduces brushstrokes, dismissing breach of warranty claims but finding that consumers can sue over toothbrush models they didn't purchase.