IT Business.ca, "Toshiba users take court action over Satellite 6100 Pro; Class-action suit claims laptop's motherboard is falling apart"

          A national class-action lawsuit was filed this week against Toshiba of Canada Ltd., citing design problems with the Satellite Pro 6100 notebook computer.
          The claim, filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, alleges that Toshiba was negligent in the design of laptops, and knew or should have known about problems relating to the computers' design. Claimants say Toshiba still sold, marketed and distributed the computers in Canada.
          A similar 2005 action in the United States involving the Satellite Pro 6100 Computers versus Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. was settled in March in the Superior Court of California.
          Although there is no easy way to quantify the value of the U.S. settlement, laptop owners will receive new warranties and be compensated for their out-of-pocket expenses every time their computer was fixed, said Jonathan Selbin, a lawyer with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP in New York, the firm acting on behalf of about 115,000 to 120,000 U.S. claimants.
          At the high end, owners of a Satellite Pro 6100 notebook computer who sent in their computers for repair four times or more will receive U.S.$1,000 in cash or a $1,500 credit, said Selbin.