Refurbished replacement devices are a common practice in a number of fields. You break a used item, and expect a brand new one? Oh, wait, I crashed my 8 year old car… but I paid insurance…. so now you have to give me a brand new one? Now, I know that everyone knows it doesn’t work like that.

A U.S. District Judge in San Jose today certified a class action lawsuit that accuses Apple of using “inferior” refurbished products as…