Another Plaintiff Named in Fraud Class Action Vs. Western Digital Over SanDisk SSDs

Plaintiff Emilio Pousa added plaintiff Gerald Gott of Lake County, Indiana, to his fraud claim against Western Digital for malfunctioning SanDisk Extreme solid-state portable hard drives (SSD), said a Monday amended complaint (docket 3:23-cv-04281) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose. The SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD 2TB portable SSD Gott bought from authorized retailer Best Buy for $213.99 in March is “essentially worthless to him,” it said. The original and a replacement SSD failed and Gott can “no longer trust using the drives,” said the complaint. Gott can’t return the drive for a full refund and has expended resources to retrieve lost data or to use a replacement hard drive, plus other damages, the complaint said. Gott contacted Western Digital multiple times about providing compensation for his losses, plus a “functional replacement SSD,” but defendants “failed to do so,” it said. Pousa’s August (see 2308240026) class action alleges his SanDisk SSD failed shortly after first use in December. Despite repeated requests over the past eight months for a full refund or working replacement, Western Digital didn’t send a replacement until September. By then, Pousa had bought a drive from Samsung for $1,400, said the filing. The amended complaint adds claims of violation of the Consumers Legal Remedies Act and Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.