Obertman
Obertman v. Electrolux Home Care Products, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FELIX OBERTMAN, No. 2:19-cv-02487-KJM-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER ELECTROLUX HOME CARE
PRODUCTS, INC.
15 Defendant. 16 In this putative class action over allegedly defective dehumidifiers, defendant moves to dismiss several of plaintiff’s claims under Rule 12(b)(6). Mot., ECF No. 14. For the reasons discussed below, the court GRANTS defendant’s motion in part and DENIES it in part. I. BACKGROUND This putative class action arises from one central claim: certain Frigidaire Dehumidifiers including model numbers FFAD3033R1, FFAD5033R1 and FFAD7033R1 (collectively, the “products” or “dehumidifier”), suffer from a design defect that causes them to display an “F0” error message on the products’ control panel, rendering the products “completely useless.” First Am. Compl. (“FAC”) ¶ 1, ECF No. 12. Plaintiff alleges in 2017 he purchased a Frigidaire dehumidifier, manufactured by Electrolux, from Best Buy for roughly $400. Id.…