Lumber Liquidators headquarters is in Toano.
A second class-action lawsuit filed against Lumber Liquidators by customers of the Toano-based company has been dismissed.
Attorneys from both the customers and Lumber Liquidators agreed to the dismissal in a document filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday. Judge Gerald Bruce Lee approved the dismissal Wednesday. Lee’s approval of the dismissal came about three months after the other class-action lawsuit filed by customers was dropped in January.
Both lawsuits from customers sought damages for allegations of products sold with elevated levels of formaldehyde and for allegations of products imported from the habitat of an endangered animal, a violation of U.S. law. Wednesday’s dismissal was with prejudice, meaning the matter cannot be refiled in the future by the customers who originally filed the suit.
“We strongly denied the claims asserted and have maintained from the outset that they were factually and legally flawed,” said John Feld, a spokesperson for Lumber Liquidators. “After aggressively defending the case, it was dismissed with prejudice for an immaterial amount. While we firmly believe that the claims lacked merit and we would ultimately have prevailed in the litigation, in our estimation, the favorable financial terms warranted this outcome at this time.”
Court records did not indicate a reason for the lawsuit’s dismissal.
The dismissed suit sought a jury trial over 10 claims connected to the importation of wood products from China. The suit was one of three filed in the wake of a September search of the company’s Toano headquarters and a retail store in Henrico County by federal agents. The third suit, filed by shareholders of the company claiming damages due to the same allegations brought forth by the customers, remains active.
A trial date for the remaining lawsuit has not yet been set.
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