LEONARD v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.

Case Nos. 06-CV-7023, 07-CV-0412, 08-CV-1832.

115 F.Supp.3d 934 (2015)

Joseph LEONARD, Kevin Barnes, Victor Matos, Alfred Blair, Martin Champion, Karen Freeman, and Peggy Lemley, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO., Defendant, Whirlpool Corporation, Intervenor Defendant. Alan Jarashow, Lauren Crane, and Lawrence L'Hommedieu, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., Defendant. John Bettua, Giuseppina P. Donia, Derral Howard, Denise Miller, Charles Napoli, Vic Pfefer, Jeffrey A. and Sandra K. Robinson, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

Signed July 20, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Weiss , Quantum Legal LLC, Highland Park, IL, Richard J. Burke , Quantum Legal LLC, James J. Rosemergy , Michael J. Flannery , Carey, Danis and Lowe, St. Louis, MO, Robert A. Clifford , Colin H. Dunn , Shannon Marie McNulty , Clifford Law Offices, P.C., George K. Lang , Lang Law Office, Glenn Edward Orr , Shea Law Group, Joseph Patrick Shea , Law Offices of Joseph Patrick Shea, Eric C. Brunick , Brunick LLC, Chicago, IL, Eric H. Jaso , Seeger Weiss LLP, Jason Louis Lichtman , Jonathan D. Selbin , Sudarsana Srinivasan , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, New York, NY, Jerome Mayer-Cantu , Sarah R. London , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Ronald S. Kravitz , Law Offices of Ronald S. Kravitz, San Francisco, CA, Jonathan Shub , Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Scott A. George , Seeger Weiss LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Mark P. Chalos , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Nashville, TN, Steven R. Jaffe , Farmer Jaffe Weissing Edwards Fistos & Lehrman, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Tod N. Aronovitz , Aronovitz Trial Lawyers, Miami, FL, Natalie Finkelman Bennett , James C. Shah , Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah, LLC, Media, PA, Douglas P. Dehler , Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah, LLC, Milwaukee, WI, James E. Miller , Karen M. Leser-Grenon , Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah, LLC, Chester, CT, for Plaintiffs.

Karen Freeman, Crestwood, IL, pro se. Peggy Lemley, Carthage, IL, pro se.

Bradley B. Falkof , Barnes & Thornburg, Chicago, IL, Evan B. Stephenson , Galen D. Bellamy , Hugh Quan Gottschalk , Joel Steven Neckers , Michael T. Williams , Theresa R. Wardon , Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, Denver, CO, for Defendant.

Rebecca Weinstein Bacon , Asha L.I. Spencer, Eric Reuel Olson , John C. Fitzpatrick , Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago, IL, David R. Cohen , David R. Cohen Co. LPA, Beachwood, OH, Mark S. Fistos , Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos and Lehrman, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Intervenor Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

I. INTRODUCTION

In 2011, this Court entered an Order denying plaintiffs' motion to certify a class of "purchasers of front loading, high efficiency washing machines manufactured by Whirlpool and sold by Sears" in six different States "whose machines...

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