IN RE LUMBER LIQUIDATORS CHINESE-MANUFACTURED

Nos. 20-2036, 20-2037.

27 F.4th 291 (2022)

IN RE: LUMBER LIQUIDATORS CHINESE-MANUFACTURED FLOORING PRODUCTS MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION (1:15-md-02627-AJT-TRJ) In re: Lumber Liquidators Chinese-Manufactured Flooring Durability Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation (1:16-md-02743-AJT-TRJ) Diana Cantu-Guerrero, Party-in-Interest-Appellant, v. Lumber Liquidators, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and Laura Washington, Lila Washington, Maria Ronquillo, Romualdo Ronquillo, Joseph Michael Balero, Ryan Brandt, Kristin Brandt, Devin Clouden, Sara Clouden, Kevin Parnella, Shawn Burke, and Tanya Burke, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Formaldehyde MDL Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Erin Florez, Jim Moylen, Kelly Ryan, Karen Hotaling, and Logan Perel, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Durability MDL Plaintiffs-Appellees. In re: Lumber Liquidators Chinese-Manufactured Flooring Products Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation (1:15-md-02627-AJT-TRJ) In re: Lumber Liquidators Chinese-Manufactured Flooring Durability Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation (1:16-md-02743-AJT-TRJ) Brice M. Johnston, Party-in-Interest-Appellant, v. Lumber Liquidators, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and Laura Washington, Lila Washington, Maria Ronquillo, Romualdo Ronquillo, Joseph Michael Balero, Ryan Brandt, Kristin Brandt, Devin Clouden, Sara Clouden, Kevin Parnella, Julie Parnella, Shawn Burke, and Tanya Burke, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Formaldehyde MDL Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Erin Florez, Jim Moylen, Kelly Ryan, Karen Hotaling, and Logan Perel, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Durability MDL Plaintiffs-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 3, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: N. Albert Bacharach, Jr. , N. ALBERT BACHARACH, JR. P.A., Gainesville, Florida, for Appellant Brice M. Johnston. Robert William Clore , BANDAS LAW FIRM, PC, Corpus Christi, Texas, for Appellant Diana Cantu-Guerrero. Steven J. Toll , COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Alexander Robertson, IV , Mark Uyeno , ROBERTSON & ASSOCIATES, LLP, Westlake Village, California; Daniel K. Bryson , Patrick M. Wallace , MILBERG COLEMAN BRYSON PHILLIPS & GROSSMAN, PLLC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Durability Plaintiffs-Appellees. Douglas J. McNamara , COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL, PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Steve W. Berman , Robert F. Lopez , HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP, Seattle, Washington; Niall McCarthy , Burlingame, California, Alexander E. Barnett , COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP, New York, New York, for Formaldehyde Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge King wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Heytens joined.


In these consolidated appeals, Diana Cantu-Guerrero and Brice M. Johnston (the "Objectors") challenge — for the second time — the district court's award of attorney's fees in association with a class-action settlement. See In re Lumber Liquidators Chinese-Manufactured Flooring Prods. Mktg., Sales Practices ...

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