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Apple will pay $20M to settle Watch battery swelling suit, ‘denies wrongdoing’
Apple has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit over battery swelling on the Apple Watch. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the
Apple continues to deny the issue, stating that it only paid in order to avoid future legal fees from a suit that stretched on for more than five years. While we strongly disagree with the claims made against these early generation Apple Watch models, we agreed to settle to avoid further litigation. The settlement comes a week after Google-owned Fitbit was required to pay a $12.25 million penalty due to battery overheating on its Ionic smartwatch.
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