October 12, 2016
A California federal judge on Tuesday signed off on $15 million in fees for the attorneys representing a class of millions of owners of allegedly defective Sears and Whirlpool dishwashers, finding the settlement the lawyers negotiated for their clients was "impressive."
August 25, 2016
Attorneys representing a class of millions of owners of allegedly defective Whirlpool-made dishwashers told a California federal judge Thursday their work convincing Whirlpool and Sears to cover some repair costs to settle the suit deserves a $15 million fee award the defendants called "excessive and unreasonable."
August 12, 2016
A California federal judge disqualified an attorney representing consumers objecting in a class action against Whirlpool and Sears over potentially hazardous dishwasher circuitry on Friday, following the attorney's 90-day suspension and allegedly tardy notification to the court.
June 28, 2016
Sears Holdings Corp. and Whirlpool Corp. have told a California federal judge that $15 million in attorneys' fees is too high for a class that settled with the companies over defective circuit boards it claimed caused name-brand dishwashers to burst into flames.
June 22, 2016
Customers in class action litigation against Sears Holdings Corp. and Whirlpool Corp. over allegedly defective circuit boards asked a California federal court Wednesday to disqualify an attorney representing objectors in the suit, saying the "serial objector" hid his state bar suspension for moral turpitude.
September 14, 2015
Sears Holdings Corp. and Whirlpool Corp. agreed to pay for repairs and post public warnings to settle a class action accusing the companies of hiding a defective circuit board that caused name-brand dishwashers to burst into flames, according to a filing in California federal court Friday.
November 16, 2011
A group of consumers launched a putative class action last week in California federal court accusing Whirlpool Corp. and Sears Holdings Corp. of concealing a "devastating" circuit board defect that caused certain brand-name dishwashers to erupt into flames.