More than one thousand people across the UK are making compensation claims totalling more than twenty million pounds against a number of sofa distributors after sustaining personal injury from faulty products.
More than one hundred thousand sofas that were manufactured in China have been sold within Britain that contain an antifungal chemical called dimethyl fumarate (DMF). This chemical has now been banned by the European Union after it was found to course breathing difficulties, eye irritation and serious burns
Among the high street stores affected by these compensation claims – thought to be one of the largest consumer litigation suits in UK history – are Homebase, Argos and Walmsley Furnishing.
Following a High Court ruling, these claimants are expected to receive between one and nine thousand pounds for the injuries they suffered as a result of purchasing the faulty product.
However, customers that purchased DMF treated sofas from Land of Leather, which has since gone into administration, will not receive compensation for any injuries suffered, the High Court ruled.
The compensation claims suit rages on among thousands of consumers, as a large number of serious injury cases currently remain in dispute with the stores’ insurers.
According to The Times online, a senior solicitor involved in the case criticised the fact that it took several months for the chemical causing the health issues to be identified as the root cause of their condition, and that several distributors have not recalled affected products so that many sofas containing DMF still remain in homes around the country.
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