![]() In the fall of 2006, over two years after its purchase and shortly after the limited warranty expired, Wilson s Laptop began to display low power warnings and would run on battery power even when plugged into an a/c adapter. HEWLETT-PACKARD 1823 FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff Cass Wilson purchased an HP Pavilion Notebook computer in the summer of 2004 for approximately $1,500. Accordingly, we AFFIRM the judgment of the District Court. ![]() We also find that the District Court did not err in holding that Plaintiffs failed to plausibly allege the existence of an unreasonable safety defect or HP s knowledge of a defect. We find that the District Court did not err in requiring Plaintiffs to allege the existence of an unreasonable safety defect. ![]() The District Court dismissed the second amended complaint, holding that Plaintiffs failed to plausibly allege a defect in the Laptops that created a safety hazard or that HP had any knowledge of the alleged defect. Code ยง 1750 et seq., and Unfair Competition Law ( UCL ), Cal. OPINION DUFFY, District Judge: Plaintiffs Cass Wilson and Douglas Kruschen ( Plaintiffs ) appeal the dismissal of their second amended complaint alleging that Hewlett-Packard ( HP ) concealed a design defect in its Pavilion Notebook computers (the Laptops ) that manifested after the expiration of the warranty and created an unreasonable safety hazard in violation of California s Consumers Legal Remedies Act ( CLRA ), Cal. Liversidge, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, California, for the defendantappellee. Shah (argued), Sheperd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, Media, Pennsylvania, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Kevin Thomas Duffy, District Judge.* Opinion by Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy *The Honorable Kevin Thomas Duffy, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. Whyte, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted NovemSan Francisco, California FebruBefore: Michael Daly Hawkins and Milan D. 5:09-cv-02253RMW OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Ronald M. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, Defendants-Appellees. FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CASS WILSON and DOUGLAS KRUSCHEN, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.
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