A federal appeals court reduced by $2 million the legal fees that Sears Holdings Corp. and Whirlpool Corp. must pay to settle a class action lawsuit over defective washing machines. The reason: the case was not that complicated. The 7th …
The U.S. Supreme Court let consumers press ahead with class action lawsuits claiming that washing machines made by Whirlpool Corp. developed a smelly buildup of mold. The justices today turned away appeals from Whirlpool in a case filed by Ohio …
Whirlpool Corp. was ordered by a federal appeals court in Cincinnati to face a lawsuit by a class of consumers who say their front-loading washing machines developed a smelly buildup of mold. The Sixth Circuit appeals court today affirmed a …
Not much is known about a chemical compound that families believe is behind a cancer cluster in northern Ohio. A federal civil lawsuit filed last week in Toledo points to a possible cause of the cancers that have sickened about …