Bronson-v-Samsung Electronics America, Inc.

INTRODUCTION

19 In this putative class action under the Song-Beverly Act and Section 17200 of the 20 California Business and Professions Code, plaintiff Crystal Hardin moves for conditional 21 certification of a settlement class and for preliminary approval of a class settlement. To the 22 extent below stated, both motions are GRANTED. 23

STATEMENT

24 A prior order detailed the lengthy history of this action (Dkt. No. 209). In brief, plaintiffs 25 Crystal Hardin and Alexis Bronson each bought Samsung plasma televisions in 2013. Both 26 television sets had been manufactured in 2013 and later developed colored-lines on the screen. 27 In 2018, each plaintiff was separately told by two different Samsung-authorized service and 28 repair facilities that a spare part was not available to fix their televisions. Defendants Samsung 1 Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. manufactured plaintiffs’ plasma 2 televisions. 3 Plaintiff Bronson (but not plaintiff Hardin) had commenced this putative class action in 4 April 2018. He then twice amended his complaint. By January 2019, the operative complaint 5 contained only two surviving claims: a claim under…