SAN FRANCISCO — With thousands of Apple customers failing to cash their checks from a class action settlement, a federal judge has ordered that almost $4.6 million in unclaimed funds go to state government trusts for safekeeping. U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California called the situation “wholly unanticipated.”
Apple shelled out $53 million to settle claims that it improperly denied warranty coverage to iPhone and iPod purchasers because of false indications that the devices had been submerged. The parties identified about 165,000 Apple customers eligible for reimbursement at an average of $240 per customer–but after the payments were mailed, about 19,000 class members let their checks expire.
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