Jeff Campbell
12-31-2009, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/dismissal-of-ipod-hearing-loss-lawsuit-upheld-on-appeal.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss' target='_blank'>http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...tm_campaign=rss</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"An appellate court upheld a federal district court's decision that iPods' maximum output doesn't represent a danger of hearing loss that isn't 'obvious' or 'avoidable.'"</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/zt/auto/1262274021.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>The lawsuit was filed in 2006, dismissed last year, and now the dismissal has been affirmed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Common sense prevailed, but too late to save all the wasted court time on this ridiculous lawsuit. The plaintiffs claimed that the potential to damage hearing was enough to warrant this lawsuit. What are your thoughts?</p>