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LG Refrigerator Class Action Lawsuit
By Sarah Pierce
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A design defect in certain LG refrigerator models causes the interior light to stay on after the doors are closed, resulting in overheating, food spoilage, melted plastic and risk of serious fire hazard, according to a class action lawsuit filed in federal court in New Jersey. The defect alleged in the lawsuit involves “French door” refrigerator models sold since 2005.
The lawsuit claims the lights in these models become so hot that they melt parts of the refrigerator that touch the lights, including the plastic covering the lights. In addition to producing a burning smell and obvious fire risk, the lawsuit claims consumers are at risk for burning themselves on the hot refrigerator parts and for becoming sick from food that spoils due to the high interior temperatures.
The class action lawsuit alleges LG knew about the problem, pointing out that consumers complained about the defect to LG as early as 2006, but actively concealed the defect and made false and misleading statements regarding the refrigerators’ quality. The lawsuit also alleges LG provided repairs that it knew “would not cure the defect but would instead merely delay the impact of the defect,” and had a “duty to disclose the defect based upon its exclusive knowledge of it,” but failed to do so. State and federal laws require companies to remedy products that are defectively designed or manufactured or do not perform as advertised, oftentimes even after the warranty period has expired.
The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of anyone in the U.S. who owns, or has owned, an LG French door refrigerator with a light that stays on when the doors are closed, including the specific model numbers LFC25760SW and LRFC22750ST. The lawsuit is accusing LG of breach of implied warranty, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and consumer fraud. The full case filing is available at http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/07/19/CCA.pdf.
Updated July 21st, 2010
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95 thoughts onLG Refrigerator Class Action Lawsuit
Have the same problem with the lights staying on and melted housing. How do we take part in this lawsuit?
We would also like to be part of this lawsuit!
Same issue. LG purchased 2007; light bulbs on, spoiled food,
melted shield. Caught early and avoided fire.
We have a LRFD2850SW with same problems. Lights stayed on and melted fixture.
I have a refrigerator LG model LR FD 22850 SW, lights stay on when doors are closed, and it becomes very hot, and ruins all foods inside. Replaced the light’s sockets, and plastic parts that had melted.
after 4 hours, same problem, lights stays ON, with doors closed.
Removed all lights. I placed a plain thermometer to monitor temperature, while lights were on, temperature went from 37 degrees to 89 degrees, with the doors closed.
I , too, want to join the Class Action lawsuit.
I, also, have a LG LFX25960ST refrigerator that has lightbulbs that get so hot, it burns our food! We’d like to be part of this.
This has happened to my LG French Door fridge TWO times now…my husband was able to save it the first time and it just happened to me again tonight!! My husband is in Qatar and I had no clue what to do…I am just so happy that I checked before I went to bed…we could have DIED!!! How do I participate in this lawsuit????
Since all the other internal parts have broken at one time or another – shelves, brackets, etc. – I was not surprised when this other wiring issue started happening. This is way past horrible workmanship and well on to incompetence with disregard for safety. Add me to the list!
My Sears Kenmore Elite is doing the exact same thing. It’s melted the plastic and now it seems to be doing it at least once a month! I’ve very interested in the lawsuit in that I have other products from sears that have stopped working. One being the freezer that they couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Where is this recall information from Sears? They won’t acknowledge a problem?
We purchased the LG French Door Titanium refrigerator Model # LRFC22750TT 11/21/2005. We have been noticing that food was spoiling off and on for the past few months and drinks weren’t cold. I opened the door recently to find the plastic shield covering the lights melted and hanging down. The lights hot to touch. There is also melting to the inside of casing to the refrigerator. That such a fire hazard and dangerous product is on the market is inexcusable. I am very interested in learning more about the possibility of joining this class action lawsuit.