"Toxic" Sofa Payout

April 26, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Leather Upholstery on April 27, 2010

Some 1,650 British consumers will share $30 million compensation for chemical burns they suffered from Chinese-made leather upholstered furniture, Bloomberg Business Week reported Monday.

The problem was attributed to dimethyl fumarate, a fungicide, now banned in the European Union, designed to prevent mold on furniture.

The plaintiffs and a company that owns several furniture retailers reached the payout agreement. Legal action continues in 3,000 other cases.