Comments on: 4,896 opt-outs in Sears tippy-stove class action

By: Tippy-stove class action, cont’d

Tippy-stove class action, cont’d — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:08:50 +0000

[…] Does class actioneer Stephen Tillery really want to call renewed public attention to his settlement with Sears, in which the settling lawyers made out so well ($17 million) given the somewhat elusive benefits to the class of consumers? (Madison County Record, Jul. 30, and editorial, Aug. 2). Our earlier coverage of the case appeared Jan. 31. […]

By: kimsch

kimsch — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:28:09 +0000

I had a Sears stove installed during the period indicated. My previous stove had an anti-tip device that worked with the new stove, so it wasn’t necessary to install the anti-tip device when the new one was installed. How many people had a new stove installed that already had the anti-tip device in place so that the installer wouldn’t necessarily have to install an anti-tip when installing the stove?

BTW I love my new Kenmore stainless steel 5 burner /convection oven stove. It’s the bomb.

By: Pete Madsen

Pete Madsen — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:14:04 +0000

This is kinda peripheral, I guess; my wife, a real estate broker, had a buyer who when she moved in found that the sellers had broken the oven door by standing on it to remove items from the cupboard above the stove. Must not have been a Sears stove, as it didn’t tip.

By: Robert E. Edick

Robert E. Edick — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:25:10 +0000

I wonder if courts have ever explored the possibility of pegging the attorney fees in some ratio to the amount actually redeemed by the class?