Lumber Liquidators Loses Bid to Escape Class Lawsuits

摘要

Consumers suing Lumber Liquidators Inc. on behalf of would-be classes in several states may proceed toward trial over formaldehyde in the company's composite wood flooring, the court overseeing the litigation ruled April 21 (In re Lumber Liquidators Chinese-Manufactured Flooring Prods. Mktg., Sales Practices & Prod. Liablity Litig., 2017 BL 132122, E.D. Va., MDL No. l:15-md-2627 (AJT/TRJ), 4/21/17). Lumber Liquidators persuaded the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to toss some of the claims against it. But implied-warranty claims, some fraud-based claims and some consumer-protection claims survived the company's effort to obtain summary judgment.