Fitbit Consumers Claim Burn Hazard Goes Beyond Recalled Device
- People buy Fitbits to burn calories, not skin, lawsuit says
- Two women seek to represent Fitbit buyers in several states
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google didn’t go far enough when it recalled a single model of its Fitbit smartwatches, two women claim in a lawsuit, saying other versions of the device also burn users and can burst into flames.
“Reasonable consumers, like plaintiffs, purchase the products to burn calories -- not their skin,” lawyers for the women, one from Pennsylvania and the other from California, said in the lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in San Jose.