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"<p><br />\tLOS ANGELES&nbsp;(Legal Newsline) - Gateway has agreed to a settlement in a class action lawsuit against it claiming one type of its LCD monitors provided sub-par performance.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\tThose who purchased a Gateway 30-inch XHD 3000 LCD monitor and experienced a problem with the monitor and/or the monitor did not perform as advertised could receive $195 in the settlement.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\tUnder the proposed settlement, each class member who submits a valid claim will receive $195 in cash for each monitor purchased, according to a settlement document filed Nov. 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\t<a href=\"http://legalnewsline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rivas.jpg\"></a><br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\tClass counsel will apply to the court for an award of attorneys&nbsp;fees and will receive litigation expenses in an amount not to exceed $620,000, according to the settlement document.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\tMark Lima, the named plaintiff in the suit, will receive an incentive award in an amount not to exceed $8,000.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\tIn April 2008, Lima purchased the monitor for $1,638.75. The monitor delivered&nbsp; sub-par performance and after six or seven months, its display began producing abnormal visual artifacts and would not perform as represented, he claimed.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\tOn Nov. 23, 2009, Lima filed his class action lawsuit on behalf of himself and others who purchased the monitor and experienced problems with it.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\tThose who wish to submit claims have until May 21 to submit them either by mail or online.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\tA fairness hearing is scheduled for Feb. 27.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\tLima and the class members are represented by Rosemary M. Rivas and Tracy H. Tien of Finkelstein Thompson LLP in San Francisco; Mila F. Bartos of Finkelstein Thompson in Washington, D.C.; and Gordon M. Fauth Jr. and Alexis A. Phocas of Litigation Law Group in Alameda, Calif.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\tGateway is represented by Rhianna S. Hughes of Payne &amp; Fears LLP in Irvine, Calif.; and Eric M. Kennedy and Paul F. Rafferty of Jones Day in Irvine, Calif..<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\tThe case is assigned to District Judge Dolly M. Gee.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\t<em>U.S. District Court for the Central District of California case number: 8:09-cv-01366</em><br /></p><br /><br /><p><br />\t<em>From Legal Newsline: Kyla Asbury can be reached at classactions@legalnewsline.com.</em><br /></p><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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