Alleged Lawnmower Horsepower Fraud
An internet source is reporting that there is some alleged fraud regarding the description of horsepower on lawnmowers.
The defendants all well known:
Sears & Roebuck Co., Briggs & Stratton, Deere & Co., Tecumseh Products Co., Briggs & Stratton Corp., Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA., MTD Products, The Toro Co., American Honda Motor Co., Electrolux Home Products, The Kohler Co., Platinum Equity LLC, and Husqvarna Outdoor Products.
The New Jersey lawnmower horsepower fraud class action lawsuit alleges
1 Affirmatively misrepresenting the horsepower on various lawnmowers
2 Concealing the true horsepower of these products
3 False advertising
There also appear to be a civil conspiracy element to this. They are alleging that there was a conspiracy through "'Power Labeling Task Force,"
If you though you were getting a certain product at a specific horsepower and it never measured up to horsepower you could potentially be a class member.
There is also another possible aspect of this lawsuit and that would be the breach of warranty case. If the HP was represented as X and really was Y that would be a breach of warranty and actionable under the Mag-Moss Act
