July 20, 2012
An Illinois federal judge on Friday rejected Electrolux Home Products Inc.'s bid to sever scores of property damage claims from a lawsuit over allegedly defective clothes dryers, saying to farm them out to local jurisdictions would merely complicate matters.
June 04, 2012
Electrolux Home Products Inc. cannot dodge allegations that home fires from an alleged defect in its clothes dryers forced State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. to pay out $12.2 million in insurance claims, an Illinois federal judge reaffirmed Monday.
April 17, 2012
Electrolux Home Products Inc. must face allegations that home fires from an alleged defect in its clothes dryers forced State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. to pay out $12.2 million in insurance claims, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday.
December 19, 2011
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. sued Electrolux Home Products Inc. in Illinois federal court on Friday, accusing the appliance manufacturer of selling faulty clothes dryers that caught fire and caused more than $12 million in damage to policyholders' homes.