Owners of LG Washing Machines File Nationwide Class Action

NEWARK, N.J. - Owners of LG Electronics' front-loading washing machines have filed a consolidated class action in New Jersey alleging that design defects are causing mold and mildew to damage the machines and contaminate clothes. In Re LG Front Load Washing Machine Class Action Litigation, No. 2:08-cv-00051-FSH-MAS (D. N.J.).

Plaintiffs in the action filed on May 6 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey not only raise class allegations under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (N.J.S.A. § 56:8-1 et seq.), but claim that LG has violated consumer protection laws in more than a dozen individual …