A class action claiming Whirlpool Corp. falsely labeled appliances with the Energy Star insignia is not pre-empted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to impose penalties in the case, a federal judge in Newark has ruled.
The EPA’s decision not to order Whirlpool to compensate buyers of the mislabeled washing machines does not rise to the level of a federal law that can be given pre-emptive effect, U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty of the District of New Jersey ruled in Dzielak v. Whirlpool.
