Thursday, 5 March 2015

Lumber Liquidators faces class-action lawsuit in Florida

A Lumber Liquidators store sign is shown outside one of the companies retail locations in San Diego, California By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - A $5 million class-action lawsuit filed this week in Florida accuses hardwood and laminate flooring giant Lumber Liquidators, Inc of selling products laden with cancer-causing chemicals. The case, filed on Tuesday in federal court in Miami, claims the company "deceptively manufactured, labeled and sold the toxic laminate flooring." A similar lawsuit was filed late last year in California. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, called on federal agencies Wednesday to investigate the Delaware-based company's flooring. The report sampled Chinese-made laminate flooring sold in California, Virginia, Florida, Texas, and Illinois.




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