Sounds 100% like bored lawyers looking to make some money.

Actually, a little homework and you'd find this MAJOR announcement by Sony:

http://esupport.sony.com/perl/news-i...CV1&news_id=95

Sony made a bunch of CCD chips out of plastic rather than ceramic. Internal
lens separates allowing moisture into chip, ruining picture (and camera).
Number of articles on it. Sony is repairing not only their own cameras, but
other brands using the Sony chip.