In Re: MacBook Keyboard Litigation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 IN RE: MACBOOK KEYBOARD Case No. 5:18-cv-02813-EJD LITIGATION
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
CERTIFY CLASS; GRANTING IN
PART AND DENYING IN PART
APPLE’S MOTION TO STRIKE
EXPERT OPINIONS OF HAL J.
SINGER; GRANTING MOTION TO
STRIKE EXPERT OPINIONS OF Re: Dkt. No. 229, 238, 239 Plaintiffs Kyle Barbaro, Joseph Baruch, Steve Eakin, Lorenzo Ferguson, Benjamin Gulker, Michael Hopkins, Adam Lee, Kevin Melkowski, and Zixuan Rao (“Plaintiffs”) bring this proposed class action against Defendant Apple, Inc. (“Apple” or “Defendant”) on behalf of purchasers of MacBook laptops equipped with allegedly defective “butterfly” keyboards. There are several motions currently before the Court: (1) Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification (Dkt. No. 233-21, “Class Certification Motion”);1 (2) Apple’s Motion to Strike the Expert Opinions of Hal J. Singer, Ph.D. (Dkt. No. 237-46, “Singer Motion to Strike”); (3) Apple’s Motion to…