The Dumbest Class Action Claim Ever
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on a pair of class-action lawsuits against Home Depot and Menards that Above the Law calls “the dumbest class action claim ever.”
As Journal Sentinel reporter
Menards and Home Depot stand accused of deceiving the lumber-buying public, specifically, buyers of 4×4 boards, the big brother to the ubiquitous 2×4.
The alleged deception: The retailers market and sell the hefty lumber as 4x4s without specifying that the boards actually measure 3½ inches by 3½ inches.
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice explains that everybody who ever built anything already knew that 3½ by 3½ is the industry standard:
In fact, if retailers started selling boards that were 4 inches by 4 inches, they’d actually be useless because they wouldn’t match up with all the other standardized materials that assume the board will be 3 1/2″ by 3 1/2″.
Read the Journal Sentinel and Above the Law articles.
