LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) — Consumers are alleging in a class action lawsuit that Stanley Black & Decker has failed to compensate consumers after its recall of its sliding compound miller saw.
David Lane and Lorraine Anda, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed a complaint Nov. 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Dewalt Industrial Tool Co., and Stanley Black & Decker Inc., alleging fraud, violation of California's Consumers Legal Remedies Act and other claims.
According to the plaintiffs' complaint, Lane purchased a DeWALT 12-inch Sliding Compound Miter Saw from a Home Depot in Oxnard, California, in March of 2021 and Anda purchased the same product from a Home Depot in Chino, California, in August of 2021. They claim that the product's safety guard malfunctioned and was no longer fit to use due to safety reasons.
The plaintiffs also claim in their class action that the defendants' recall of the saw in August of 2022 is "grossly inadequate" and does not provide consumers monetary relief or direct notice of the product's defect. They allege that the saw's defect results in the saw blade becoming exposed and that the defendants have received several reports of laceration injuries from the more than 1,250,000 products sold in the U.S.
The plaintiffs claim that the defendants also received reports of the product's defects years before issuing the saw's recall.
The plaintiffs and the class seek monetary relief of more than $5 million, interest, trial by jury and all other just relief. They are represented by L. Timothy Fisher of Bursor & Fisher PA in Walnut Creek, California.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California case number 5:22-CV-01949