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Any such dispute shall not be combined or consolidated with a

dispute involving any other person’s or entity’s product or claim,

and specifically, without limitation of the foregoing, shall not

under any circumstances proceed as part of a class action. The

arbitration shall be conducted before a single arbitrator, whose

award may not exceed, in form or amount, the relief allowed by

the applicable law.

The arbitration shall be conducted according to the American

Arbitration Association (AAA) Commercial Arbitration Rules

applicable to consumer disputes. The AAA Rules are available

online at

adr.org

or by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879. This

arbitration provision is entered pursuant to the Federal

Arbitration Act. The laws of the State of Texas, without

reference to its choice of laws principles, shall govern the

interpretation of the Limited Warranty and all disputes that are

subject to this arbitration provision. The arbitrator shall decide

all issues of interpretation and application of this arbitration

provision and the Limited Warranty.

For any arbitration in which your total damage claims,

exclusive of attorney fees and expert witness fees, are

$5,000.00 or less (“Small Claim”), the arbitrator may, if you

prevail, award your reasonable attorney fees, expert witness

fees and costs as part of any award, but may not grant

SAMSUNG its attorney fees, expert witness fees or costs

unless it is determined that the claim was brought in bad faith.

In a Small Claim case, you shall be required to pay no more

than half of the total administrative, facility and arbitrator fees,

or $50.00 of such fees, whichever is less, and SAMSUNG shall

pay the remainder of such fees. Administrative, facility and

arbitrator fees for arbitrations in which your total damage

claims, exclusive of attorney fees and expert witness fees,

exceed $5,000.00 (“Large Claim”) shall be determined

according to AAA rules. In a Large Claim case, the arbitrator

may grant to the prevailing party, or apportion among the