Plaintiff Tells 7th Circuit It Has Jurisdiction Over Dimensional Lumber Ruling

(May 1, 2018, 11:41 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois’ failure to provide the leader of a putative class with ways to amend his lawsuit accusing Home Depot Inc. of violating the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act (IFCA) when selling lumber that is inaccurately labeled gives the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals jurisdiction over his request to review the ruling, the man says in a jurisdictional brief filed April 26 (Mikhail Abramov, et al. v. Home Depot Inc., No. 18-1779, 7th Cir.)....