Claims Narrowed In Defective Electrolux Self-Cleaning Oven Class Suit

Mealey's (April 18, 2018, 9:48 AM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — The plaintiffs in a class suit accusing Electrolux Home Products Inc. of advertising a self-cleaning feature for its ovens while knowing that the use of the feature will ruin the thermostat may proceed only with their unjust enrichment claim, a California federal judge ruled April 13, dismissing the plaintiffs’ other claims under California law for being insufficiently pleaded, including one for violation of that state’s unfair competition law (UCL) (Shelly Stewart, et al. v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc., No. 17-1213, E.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63078)....