Lawn Mower Engine Horsepower Marketing and Sales Practices Class Action Settlement Notice

If You Purchased a Lawn Mower with a Gas Engine up to 30 Horsepower For Your Own Use (And Not For Resale) from January 1, 1994 to April 12, 2010, You Could Receive Benefits from Class Action Settlements.

Multiple class action settlements have been reached in a class action lawsuit pending against numerous manufacturers and sellers of gasoline powered lawn mowers and/or engines of gas powered lawn mowers in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (captioned In re Lawn Mower Engine Horsepower Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL Case No. 1999, 2:08-md-01999) alleging that the defendants sold certain gasoline-powered lawn mowers and lawn mower engines with false and misleading horsepower ratings, according to the Lawn Mower Engine Horsepower Marketing and Sales Practices Class Action Settlement Notice.

The following lawn mower companies are defendants in the Lawn Mower Engine Horsepower Marketing and Sales Practices Class Action Lawsuit Settlement:

• American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (Honda);
• MTD Products Inc (MTD);
• Sears, Roebuck and Co.,
• Sears Holdings Corporation
• Kmart Holding Corporation (collectively Sears);
• Deere & Company (Deere);
• Tecumseh Products Company (Tecumseh);
• TecumsehPower Company (TecumsehPower);
• Platinum Equity, LLC (Platinum Equity);
• Briggs & Stratton Corporation (Briggs & Stratton);
• Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA (Kawasaki);
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,
• Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., USA,
• The Toro Company (Toro);
• Husqvarna Outdoor Products Inc. (now known as Husqvarna Consumer Outdoor Products, N.A., Inc.) (Husqvarna) and its predecessor Electrolux Home Products, Inc. (Electrolux); and
• Kohler Co. (Kohler).

The lawn mower class action settlement reportedly involves walk-behind and riding lawn mowers manufactured or sold by defendants and includes the following lawn mower brands (partial list):

• Yard-Man
• Cub Cadet
• Honda
• Bolens
• Exmark
• Deere
• Sabre
• Scotts
• Toro
• Yard Machines
• Craftsman
• Troy Bilt
• Husqvarna
• Poulan
• Poulan PRO
• Lawn-Boy
• Weed Eater
• White Outdoor
• Snapper
• Simplicity
• Brute
• Murray; and
• Numerous other brands that have engines made by Briggs & Stratton, Tecumseh, Kawasaki, Honda or Kohler.

The lawn mower engine horsepower class action settlements (there are five settlements) reportedly provide a variety of different benefits depending on the settlement, including cash payments, extended engine warranty benefits on certain lawn mower engines, and an agreement by certain Defendants to new lawn mower “Certified Power Rating” standards.

The combined lawn mower engine horsepower class action settlements are valued at $65 million for cash benefits.  Honda will pay $7.5 million into the Settlement Fund, Kohler will pay $3.5 million into the Settlement Fund, Kawasaki will pay $3 million into the Settlement Fund, and Sears, Deere, Tecumseh, Briggs & Stratton, Toro, Electrolux, and Husqvarna will  collectively pay $51 million into the Settlement Fund.

Settlement class members may get cash payments (up to $35.00 for each walk-behind lawn mower purchased and up to $75.00 for each riding lawn mower purchased, or a lesser pro rata amount if claims exceed the amount available for cash benefits) if they submit a valid and timely claim form.

Settlement class members may get, on certain engines, extended warranty benefits (a one-year extended engine warranty if they own a lawn mower containing an engine manufactured and originally warranted at the time of purchase by Briggs & Stratton, Toro, Tecumseh, TecumsehPower, Kawasaki, or Kohler).

Certain Defendants (MTD, Kawasaki, Kohler, Sears, Deere, Tecumseh, Briggs & Stratton, Toro, Electrolux, and Husqvarna) have also agreed to a new “Certified Power Rating” standard, i.e. a uniform standard for testing lawn mower engine power which testing results will be made public.

For more information on the lawn mower engine horsepower class action lawsuit settlement and potential settlement benefits, call the lawn mower class action settlement claims administrator at 877-773-8196 or visit the lawn mower engine horsepower class action settlement website:

www.LawnMowerClass.com

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