Legal Opinion
Oestreicher v. Alienware Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 2, 2009No. Nos. 07-16531, 08-16290PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Harry Oestreicher purchased a notebook computer from Alienware Corporation that overheated and permanently failed three months after the one-year warranty expired. He filed suit against Alienware asserting multiple claims under California state law, all predicated on the allegation that Alienware’s notebook computers overheat during normal usage because of the company’s defective design of the heat removal system. The district court denied Alienware’s motion to stay proceedings and compel arbitration, the dispute-resolution method specified in the purchase agreement, finding that…
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