Haier Trims Fraud Claims Over Air Pollutants From Gas Stoves

Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. won dismissal of multiple claims in a proposed class action over air emissions from gas stoves made by its GE Appliances unit, but must defend a claim of breach of implied warranty of merchantability.

Lead plaintiff Charles Drake’s implied warranty of merchantability claim survives Haier’s motion to dismiss “because a product that poses a material safety hazard when used as intended is unmerchantable,” Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin of the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled.

Drake alleged Haier misleads consumers into believing gas stoves are generally safe when, in reality, every gas-fueled ...