First Sidekick class-action lawsuits predictably get underway

Our usual rule is to ignore attention-seeking class-action lawsuits until they make it past the critical step of being certified by a judge, but we think it’s pretty wild that the Sidekick debacle has already resulted in two separate suits in two different states. That’s a turnaround time of just a few days, really — and now that Microsoft is saying it can restore most of the lost data , it’ll be interesting to see if these cases can push on past the early stages. Both the California and Washington state cases allege that T-Mobile misled customers into thinking their data was secure, but for some reason we’re particularly amused at the California case filed by a mother whose aspiring model and singer-songwriter daughter lost “photos and song lyrics” she’d entrusted to her Sidekick — honestly, what judge can’t relate to her situation? Filed under: Cellphones First Sidekick class-action lawsuits predictably get underway originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read

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