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For what it is worth, I have 2 of the “offending” headsets, one for my phone, and one for my PC. This makes me a member of the class. I am not a lawyer.

If someone with some degree of legal acumen would be willing to post a reasonable boilerplate objection, I will join with others in sending it in.

I agree that this is a shakedown, and I object to attorneys earning $800,000.00 in my name, without any realistic or reasonable benefit to myself or my family, and without anyone actually having suffered any harm. The claim in this case is that the defendants didn’t properly warn people that sticking radio-operated, amplified speakers in their ears might cause hearing loss.

I further propose that all companies producing products of all kinds start putting something similar to the Surgeon General’s warning on every product of every kind. “This product might kill you or hurt you in ways we cannot imagine, particularly if you use it in ways we cannot imagine, but even if you don’t. Be warned that we did our best to make it safe, but can’t control what you do with it. Please read the owner’s manual and don’t do anything stupid. If you do, you are on your own. If you can’t use our product properly, please buy someone else’s. Good luck.”

Once this statement, or something similar, appears in large print on every single product sold everywhere, the product liability people should have less opportunity to do this sort of shakedown. This still leaves open the opportunity to recover real damages when there are real product flaws that really hurt people.