Bradley/Grombacher LLP has filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc. on behalf of a Louisiana woman who alleges an unknown person secretly tracked her movements for approximately two weeks with an Apple AirTag concealed inside her truck.
The lawsuit, BG Doe 1 v. Apple Inc., Case No. 5:26-cv-10713, asserts claims for negligence, strict liability-design defect, violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law, failure to warn, fraudulent concealment and intentional misrepresentation, and violations of the Louisiana Products Liability Act.
According to the complaint, Apple designed, manufactured, marketed and sold AirTags despite knowing that stalkers, abusers and other individuals could use the small tracking devices to secretly monitor people without their knowledge or consent. The lawsuit further alleges that Apple knew before it launched AirTags that the devices presented serious stalking and domestic violence risks.
BG Doe 1 lives in Louisiana and used an Android phone rather than an iPhone. In December of 2024, her Android device alerted her that an unknown AirTag appeared to have traveled with her. Her alert history indicated that the device had tracked her for approximately two weeks before her phone warned her.
BG Doe 1 and her coworkers then searched her truck and found an AirTag that someone had concealed beneath approximately six inches of duct tape attached to the inside of the truck bed. The complaint states that she believes an unknown individual may have placed the AirTag on her vehicle around the time she deposited her Christmas bonus at a bank.
The lawsuit alleges that BG Doe 1 never identified the person who placed the AirTag on her truck and now lives with persistent fear and anxiety because she can’t know whether someone continues to track her or may attempt to track her again. She also alleges that she incurred expenses for additional security applications, vehicle inspections, lost wages and other costs after discovering the device.
The lawsuit alleges that the same characteristics that make AirTags useful for locating property, such as their small size, long battery life and connection to Apple’s Find My network, also make them powerful tools for covert surveillance.
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