Class Action: Lumber Liquidators Laminate Flooring Is Toxic

A class action lawsuit was recently filed by an Illinois woman against Lumber Liquidators Inc, one of the largest laminate flooring and hardwood flooring manufacturers in the country.

This is one of over a dozen Lumber Liquidators class action lawsuits that have been filed against the company recently.

Illinois resident Kara F. filed the class action lawsuit after installing Lumber Liquidators laminae flooring in her home. A month after installation, she became aware of the dangerous formaldehyde levels that were in her new floors.

The Lumber Liquidators class action lawsuit claims that the flooring company did not adequately warn customers about the dangers associated with their flooring products, especially their inexpensive laminate flooring options.

According to the toxic flooring class action lawsuit, “Lumber Liquidators engaged in a campaign to mislead the public with misleading information concerning the safety of its products.”

The class defined in this Lumber Liquidators laminate flooring class action lawsuit is for, “all persons who bought the Products” that contained dangerous formaldehyde levels.

The class action lawsuit includes counts of common law fraud, breach of implied and express warranty, breach of contract, as well as business and trade practices acts.

Lumber Liquidators has faced multiple class action lawsuits accusing them of failure to warn against the allegedly toxic levels of formaldehyde in its laminate flooring.

Formaldehyde Exposure

Lumber Liquidators has been accused of allegedly exposing their customers to unhealthy levels of formaldehyde, which can cause cancer. Formaldehyde may be used to help hold the laminate flooring together. However, some of Lumber Liquidators cheap laminate flooring made in China allegedly contains dangerous levels of formaldehyde. 

According to the Lumber Liquidators class action lawsuit, over 50 tests were performed on the cheap laminate flooring. The results showed that the, “average exposures at the time of testing exceeded 4,000 micrograms per day . . . over 100 times above the 40 [micrograms per day] threshold” created by the state of California, said the class action lawsuit.

Even accounting for a decrease in exposure over time, Lumber Liquidators laminate flooring would still contain potentially dangerous amounts of formaldehyde exposure.

Kara cited Lumber Liquidators advertising materials, which said: “At Lumber Liquidators, we negotiate directly with the mills and eliminate the middle man. And that means big savings for you.” 

According to the class action lawsuit, although a customer may be saving money, they may also be purchasing a lower quality of Lumber Liquidators laminate flooring due to the formaldehyde levels allowed in China.

Lumber Liquidators has also allegedly failing to warn their customers about the formaldehyde levels in the cheaper laminate flooring options and may have put countless individuals at risk of developing cancer, Kara alleges. 

The Lumber Liquidators laminate flooring class action lawsuit also pointed out that the danger is strongest for children and the elderly “who spend more of their day at home.”

This Lumber Liquidators Class Action Lawsuit is Case No. 15-266 filed in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Illinois in the East Saint Louis Division.

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