Samsung Gets Claims Narrowed in Galaxy Picture Quality Suit

Samsung Electronics America Inc. got some consumer protection law and fraud claims trimmed from a proposed class suit alleging it misleads consumers about the screen quality of high-resolution phones and tablets, as a federal court in New York said they were untimely.

Samsung overstates the pixel count of more than 25 phone and tablet models with high-resolution, or “pentile” screens, including the Galaxy A8, A8+, and A9 phones, according to the December 2018 suit by New Yorker Wai Kuen Chu, Californian Donny Vallejo, and Pennsylvanian Richard Lee.

Claims under California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act and False Advertising Law, and California ...