Bissell Cordless Vacuum Lawsuit Dismissed Following Settlement

A California woman has dropped a consumer deception suit over certain recalled Bissell Homecare Inc. cordless vacuum cleaners following a confidential settlement.

Pearl Tabot filed a proposed class suit against Bissell in January, alleging it deceived consumers about the appliances’ safety and didn’t adequately publicize a recall over possible fire risk.

• Bissell recalled tens of thousands of Cordless Multi-Surface Wet Dry Vacuums models 2551, 2551W and 25519 in January
• Tabot and Bissell reached a confidential settlement in May, a filing in the US District Court for the Northern District of California said
• A Tuesday filing to Judge Trina L. Thompson ...