A judge has officially upheld a class action lawsuit against Apple over its controversial butterfly keyboard design that has plagued the MacBook series for years. As reported by the Edge, the case covers all MacBook models with a butterfly keyboard.
The butterfly keyboard has become notorious since the first version with the 12-inch MacBook was introduced in 2015 and came after the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. This lawsuit was first filed in 2018 and will now continue as a certified class action lawsuit.
As today’s report states, the case was certified by Judge Edward Davila in California on March 8, but it was only unsealed until the end of last week. Currently, the lawsuit covers people who bought a MacBook with a butterfly keyboard in seven states: California, New York, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey and Washington.
The lawsuit states that the MacBook models in question include the 12-inch MacBook Pro (purchased between 2015 and 2017), the MacBook Pro (between 2016 and 2019) and the MacBook Air (between 2018 and 2019).
The class claims that Apple knew the butterfly keyboard was defective, and it even mentions internal communication between Apple drivers, in which one says that “no matter how much lipstick you try to put on this pig, it’s still ugly, “with reference to the butterfly keyboard. .
Apple has argued that this lawsuit should be certified as a class action lawsuit because it covers several variations of the butterfly keyboard design. The plaintiffs were ultimately successful in their argument that the same fundamental design problems affect all variations of the butterfly keyboard design:
“None of the design differences that Apple points out have changed the tight spaces between the keys, nor the aspect of the low ride of the design,” reads the order. Apple will later have to argue in court that these basic features did not make the design unreliable – and that it did not spend years making faulty keyboards.
The law firm behind the case invites anyone from across the United States to join the class, although they are not yet seeking nationwide certification for the lawsuit.
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