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A settlement website is active after a $30 million settlement agreement in the Lumber Liquidators flooring class action lawsuit was preliminarily approved by a federal court on Dec. 18.
While the website is live, it is not accepting claims yet. Top Class Actions will provide claim filing instructions as soon as they become available.
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In 2014, the lead plaintiffs lodged a complaint against Lumber Liquidators Inc. over allegations regarding the company’s Morning Star Bamboo Flooring.
The plaintiffs said the flooring was prone to warping, cracking, and shrinkage long before it reached the end of its 30 year warranty period.
The original plaintiff claimed that her flooring began splintering and showing signs of wear and tear after normal use only a year after it was installed.
Class Members in the Lumber Liquidators class action settlement include those in the United States who purchased the Morning Star Strand Bamboo Flooring during the period between Jan. 1, 2012 and March 15, 2019. There are estimated to be 300,000 Class Members.
Under the terms of the $30 million Lumber Liquidators class action settlement, $14 million will be paid out in cash and another $14 million will go out as store credit to Class Members. An additional $2 million in store credit will reportedly be added if necessary. Class Members will be able to choose between cash and store credit.
The lead plaintiffs requested a $7,500 service award each and the plaintiffs’ attorneys have requested $9.3 million in fees, noting that they had to perform complex and substantial discovery to litigate the case.
According to the order preliminarily approving the Lumber Liquidators class action settlement agreement, the case has gone through five years of litigation, six complaints, and three judges.
“At the hearing on the pending motion for preliminary approval, the court expressed skepticism about the proposed settlement,” notes the order. Issues included Lumber Liquidators’ financial situation and the requested attorneys’ fees, and the court required additional briefing before agreeing to preliminarily approving the settlement agreement.
“Among the issues highlighted in that briefing is Lumber Liquidators’ dire financial situation. In particular, the company’s stock price has declined precipitously since this case was filed,” notes the order. “While plaintiffs estimate their recovery, if they were to prevail at trial, to be at least $180 million, the company now has less than $12 million in cash on hand.”
The order also cautions the plaintiffs’ attorneys about their requested fees. “[C]lass counsel is advised that they are unlikely to recover anything close to the suggested $9.3 million in attorney fees,” notes the order.
Did you purchase Lumber Liquidators Morning Star Strand Bamboo Flooring? Tell us more in the comments below!
The lead plaintiffs and Class Members are represented by Jeffrey B. Cereghino of Cereghino Law Group, Michael F. Ram of Robins Kaplan and Charles J. LaDuca, Brendan Thompson and Ralph Michael Smith of Cuneo Gilbert. The class is also represented by Beth E. Terrell and Jennifer Rust Murray of Terrell Marshall Law Group, Jordan L. Chaikin of Chaikin Law Firm PLLC, Daniel C. Calvert of Parker Waichman LLP, Michael McShane and Jonas P. Mann of Audet & Partners LLP, Robert K. Shelquist and Rebecca A. Peterson of Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, Charles E. Schaffer of Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman and Erica C. Mirabella of Mirabella Law LLC.
The Lumber Liquidators Defective Bamboo Flooring Class Action Lawsuit is Gold v. Lumber Liquidators Inc., Case No. 3:14-cv-05373, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
UPDATE: January 2020, the Lumber Liquidators flooring class action settlement is now open. Click here to file a claim.
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130 thoughts onLumber Liquidators Flooring Class Action Website Live
I used this exact flooring in Dec. 2013. Please add me to the class action case
Btw, thanks for this article. I found more info here than anywhere in the past year. Actually since this whole thing started when I received the card in the mail 3 years ago. So thank you very much indeed.
We had it laid throughout our home. It did buckle in our master bedroom enough so that we had to pull 3 strips of it so we would take trip over it anymore. This lawyer at Gold will not answer my questions but only keeps referring me to the press release which is like reading greek. I would just like for someone to ‘show me the money’ cause I need my floors replaced.
I had 900 sf of this product installed in 2015 at a total cost of $9000 using the adhesive and contractors recommended by the local Lumber Liquidators store. Extensive cupping of the flooring along with failure of the finish coating began within 1 year. Major warping in one large area began causing people to trip. As a result of the ruined aesthetics and safety issues, I have been forced to engage another company to remove all 900sf the failed MS Bamboo and replace it with a non-bamboo flooring product which is costing me another $9000!
Please add my name as a complaintant on this action.
We had two houses re-floored with the morning-star bamboo from Lamber liquidator (~4,200 st feet) back in 2013 and 2014. Due to the environment and weather in the Bay Area of California, within the first couple of years, we notice that the gaps between the boards started to over and under expanded the calculated approximate factored estimated give.
I had a 4 bedroom house one of the extra bedrooms was ruined due to shrinkage.I was charged for damage. I protested in court with property management an lost.I was charged $500.00 for damages.I still have not paid for it remains on my credit till this day.
The purchase of this flooring was a big mistake, scratches way to easy. not a good buy in 2013
Yes, we have it 8n several rooms and it scratches very easily, not as durable as it is supposed to be
we did the floors of our 3bdrms, kitchen & formal dining room in 2013, then had to replace those rooms flooring AGAIN in 2015, due to premature bamboo flooring deterioration/breakdown w/most of flooring. pls add me to case.
I purchased this flooring in Sep 2013 did my entire rental property please add me