Coffee Machine Maker Gets Right-to-Repair Suit Dismissed

Coffee machine maker De Longhi America Inc. convinced a federal court to dismiss a suit over repair restrictions in warranties for its products.

The customer who sued hadn’t alleged a concrete injury since he never shipped his malfunctioning coffee maker for repairs or violated the terms of its warranty, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said on Wednesday.

“While courts are still defining the universe of concrete harms that qualify as Article III injuries, one type of alleged injury is clearly excluded,” Judge Katherine Polk Failla said. A statutory cause of action isn’t enough to ...