wraggster
March 16th, 2020, 20:07
A Washington court has denied Nintendo's move to dismiss a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of unfair and deceptive business practices regarding defective Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers.
Though it denied the dismissal of the suit, the district court did at the same time grant a request from Nintendo to refer the lawsuit into arbitration, in accordance with requirements in Nintendo's End User License Agreement.
The lawsuit was brought last year (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-07-22-nintendo-faces-class-action-lawsuit-over-joy-con-drifting-defect) by US law firm Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith, with the plaintiff Ryan Diaz, and now includes 18 total plaintiffs.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-11-joy-con-drift-lawsuit-denied-dismissal-but-referred-to-arbitration
Though it denied the dismissal of the suit, the district court did at the same time grant a request from Nintendo to refer the lawsuit into arbitration, in accordance with requirements in Nintendo's End User License Agreement.
The lawsuit was brought last year (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-07-22-nintendo-faces-class-action-lawsuit-over-joy-con-drifting-defect) by US law firm Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith, with the plaintiff Ryan Diaz, and now includes 18 total plaintiffs.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-11-joy-con-drift-lawsuit-denied-dismissal-but-referred-to-arbitration