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Originally Posted by AGDee
Just an FYI.. (and a bit of a hijack I guess). The Dell laptops had SONY batteries in them and since they issued their recall, numerous other companies have also issued recalls on their laptops which also had SONY batteries in them. Ultimately, I think SONY is the stock to sell. However, that brings up an interesting legal question that maybe some of our legal folks here can answer. If a company finds out a product is defective and issues a recall and you ignore that recall, are they still liable?
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I believe customers have a certain amount of time to comply with the recall effort or it is waived. For instance, if GM announces a recall on a truck and then the next day my truck catches fire, I'm not going to be considered to waive the recall. However, if that time has passed, say for instance it is 1 year, then it may be that I waived the recall and cannot recover.
I'm not a products liability attorney, but from what I can recall I believe that is the issue. The lawsuit would be against SONY, Dell, and any other manafacturer or retailer of the parts of the batteries.
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