Consumers both in the U.S. and Canada have filed class action lawsuits against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion concerning the major service interruption RIM experienced earlier this month. A switch failure on October 11 left tens of millions of BlackBerry users around the world unable to send/receive email and BlackBerry Messenger messages until October 14. The U.S. suit was filed in California and applies to all U.S.

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