Lowe’s Dryer Duct Settlement

If you purchased a clothes dryer from Lowe’s that was delivered and hooked up using a foil or plastic transition duct, you may be able to receive $20 from a class action lawsuit settlement.

The Lowe’s dryer duct settlement resolves a class action lawsuit that accused Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc. of selling clothes dryers and then delivering and hooking up those dryers using foil or plastic transition ducts, which are specifically prohibited by the dryer manufacturers’ manuals and/or on the warning label affixed to the back of the dryers.

According to the class action lawsuit: “[Lowe’s] failure to install the dryers safely and according to manufacturers’ instructions breached the installation contracts between Lowe’s and customers, caused a violation of the manufacturers’ warranties on the dryers, created significant danger to customers and their families, and caused substantial monetary damages.”

Lowe’s has set up a $3.85 million settlement fund to pay eligible class members refunds of $20. If the number of claims from class members exceeds the settlement fund, payments will be reduced on a pro rata basis.

In order to be eligible to receive money from the Lowe’s dryer duct class action settlement, you must have purchased a clothes dryer from a Lowe’s store in the United States and received from Lowe’s delivery and hook up of that dryer with a foil or plastic transition duct. You must also have not moved from the delivery residence or replaced the clothes dryer purchased from and/or the foil or plastic transition duct hooked up by Lowe’s.

To claim your $20, you must complete and submit a claim form on or before December 18, 2010. You can file your claim online here if you received a postcard, or you can download a claim form here and mail it to:

Dryer Duct Settlement

P.O. Box 2368

Faribault, MN 55021-9068

The Final Fairness Hearing is scheduled for December 14, 2010. If you wish to exclude yourself from the Lowe’s dryer duct settlement, you must do so by November 18, 2010.

For more information on the Lowe’s Dryer Duct Class Action Lawsuit Settlement, including instructions on how to file a claim, visit dryerductsettlement.com.