Apple prevails in appeal over iPod hearing loss

December 30th, 2009 admin

A class-action lawsuit claiming that Apple’s iPod was responsible for hearing loss was rejected by a federal appeals court on Wednesday, mirroring an earlier decision made in district court in 2008.


Originally posted on AppleInsider

 
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