Sidekick outages spark flurry of lawsuits
Published: 15 Oct 2009 09:24 BST
A number of lawsuits have been filed following the T-Mobile Sidekick outage, including two filed in federal court in Northern California on Wednesday that allege both negligence and false claims on the part of Microsoft and T-Mobile.
The suits come amid a massive outage of the service that powers the Sidekick, which has hampered data service since early this month and left many users without access to their calendars, address books and other information. At one point, Microsoft and T-Mobile indicated that any data not yet recovered was probably lost permanently. However, the companies said on Monday that they were more optimistic about being able to bring back users' information.
One suit, filed on behalf of a California man "and all others similarly situated", charges that, among other things, Microsoft and its Danger subsidiary failed to use reasonable care in handling Sidekick owners' data. and that the Sidekick was falsely advertised. That suit seeks monetary damages as well as an order requiring the companies to fix the Sidekicks and service or offer a full refund.
For the full story on Lawsuits filed over Sidekick outages, see CNET News.
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