May 07, 2024
A Tennessee federal judge has given final approval to a settlement to end consumer claims stemming from a rodent infestation at a Family Dollar Stores Inc. warehouse, but denied a bid by class counsel for $10 million in fees.
January 05, 2024
Attorneys for a class of Family Dollar shoppers asked a Tennessee federal judge to sign off on $10.25 million in fees in litigation over a rodent infestation at an Arkansas distribution center that contaminated goods, saying that it's a modest request for the work they did.
October 30, 2023
A Tennessee federal judge preliminarily approved a settlement in multidistrict litigation over possibly contaminated products that may have been sold in Family Dollar stores due to a rodent infestation in an Arkansas distribution center, as the judge noted that the $25 gift card award covers a "significant portion" of the maximum possible damages.
May 26, 2022
The pending closure of a Family Dollar distribution center in Arkansas makes a federal district court in Memphis, Tennessee, the best place to consolidate lawsuits over allegations that rodents at that warehouse contaminated products, attorneys for the plaintiffs told the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Thursday.