April 29, 2025
A California federal judge on Monday tossed a Texas mother's lawsuit accusing Apple Inc. of being responsible for her teenage son's permanent hearing loss after an Amber Alert allegedly rang through defective AirPods and ruptured his eardrums, saying a physician's expert opinion they leaned on was unreliable for proving causation.
April 17, 2025
Apple urged a California federal judge Thursday to toss claims that a set of AirPod Pro earbuds was defective, causing an Amber alert to damage a 12-year-old boy's hearing, saying there's no evidence the notification could have caused the injury and the family's expert didn't rule out COVID-19 as the cause.
October 24, 2022
A California federal judge has, for now, tossed claims of fraud and negligence filed against Apple Inc. over allegedly faulty AirPod Pro earbuds, which caused permanent hearing loss to a 12-year-old boy, finding the suit has not plausibly made those allegations.
August 01, 2022
Apple Inc. is asking a California federal court to cut gross negligence and fraud claims from a complaint alleging that its AirPod Pro earbuds are defective and injured a 12-year-old, saying a pair of internet posts the complaint cites are not enough to support the allegations.
May 17, 2022
Parents of a teenage boy in Texas are suing Apple Inc. and the manufacturer of its AirPod earbuds in California federal court, saying the boy suffered permanent hearing loss when an Amber Alert came through on his phone and the loud sound "ripped open" his eardrum.