Legal Opinion

Zeigler v. Sony Corp. of America

Connecticut Superior Court

Decided January 26, 2004No. File No. X01 CV-03 0181305SPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSheedy, J.

This is a class action brought by the plaintiff Michael A. Zeigler (Zeigler or plaintiff) and others who, like him, purchased a digital video disc player (DVD) player claimed to have been manufactured by the defendants, Sony Corporation of America1 and Sony Electronics, Inc. The essence of the plaintiffs *398claim is that his DVD player (and presumably those of the other class members) has an electrical defect manifested by such phenomena as picture freezing, frequent display of “no disc” and “C13.00” error messages, lip synchronizations and other malfunctions. The plaintiff asserts that the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Hinchliffe v. American Motors Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
  2. Wilson Trading Corp. v. David Ferguson, Ltd.New York Court of Appeals · 1968
  3. Craig v. DriscollSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
  4. Gagne v. VaccaroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
  5. Forbes v. BallaroConnecticut Appellate Court · 1993

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