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Appeals Court Cuts $2M in Legal Fees in Whirlpool Moldy Washer Settlement

A federal appeals court reduced by $2 million the legal fees that Sears Holdings Corp. and Whirlpool Corp. must pay to settle a class action lawsuit over defective washing machines. The reason: the case was not that complicated. The 7th …

Moldy Washer Cases Can Proceed as Top Court Rebuffs Whirlpool

The U.S. Supreme Court let consumers press ahead with class action lawsuits claiming that washing machines made by Whirlpool Corp. developed a smelly buildup of mold. The justices today turned away appeals from Whirlpool in a case filed by Ohio …

Whirlpool Must Face Group Suit Over Moldy Washing Machines

Whirlpool Corp. was ordered by a federal appeals court in Cincinnati to face a lawsuit by a class of consumers who say their front-loading washing machines developed a smelly buildup of mold. The Sixth Circuit appeals court today affirmed a …

Lawsuit in Ohio Cancer Cluster Will Take Years

Not much is known about a chemical compound that families believe is behind a cancer cluster in northern Ohio. A federal civil lawsuit filed last week in Toledo points to a possible cause of the cancers that have sickened about …