Got a cracked Kindle 2? Maybe you can join the $5M class action lawsuit against Amazon

The Kindle is once again making the news. Only this time, not for a rave review and gushing praise. This time the coverage is because of a $5 million class action suit being thrown at Amazon due to a number of Kindle 2 users finding the build quality of the reader lacking.

When purchasing the Kindle 2, consumers have the option of also purchasing the $30 protective case which fastens onto the plastic body of the Kindle with metal clips. So, some of those Amazon customers, thinking they were being diligent about wanting to take care of their precious new baby did just that, they bought that optional protective case. Their mistake, as it didn’t do much protecting. Instead, so far it seems it caused more damage than it did good in lots of cases.