The main La-Z-Boy class action lawsuit right now is a $7.15 million settlement over the company’s Joybird brand, which was accused of using fake “original” prices to inflate the appearance of discounts. Residents of California, Oregon, or Washington who bought Joybird products at a sale price between December 18, 2019, and October 31, 2025, can claim $115 in cash or store credit. The case is Jeffrey Jacobs, et al. v. La-Z-Boy Inc. and Stitch Industries Inc., filed in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Diego, case number 25CU038051N. La-Z-Boy denies wrongdoing and settled to avoid the cost of trial.{1Joybird Settlement. Frequently Asked Questions}
Who Can File a Claim
You qualify if you purchased one or more products at a sale price on Joybird.com or at a physical Joybird store while living in California, Oregon, or Washington between December 18, 2019, and October 31, 2025.{2Joybird Settlement. Joybird Settlement Home} The class covers roughly 61,000 people.{1Joybird Settlement. Frequently Asked Questions}
The claim form asks for the email or mailing address tied to your qualifying purchase, plus a statement under penalty of perjury that you meet the class criteria.{3ClassAction.org. Jacobs, et al. v. La-Z-Boy Inc., Notice} Purchases made outside those three states are not covered. Neither are La-Z-Boy-branded furniture purchases; the settlement is limited to Joybird.
How to Claim Your $115
Every eligible class member is entitled to $115, but the form matters:
- A $115 check or electronic payment goes to anyone who submits a valid claim form by February 13, 2026.
- A $115 credit voucher for Joybird.com, valid two years with no blackout dates and transferable, is the default for anyone who does nothing.
If you want cash, you have to file. File online at JoybirdSettlement.com or by mail before the deadline.{1Joybird Settlement. Frequently Asked Questions}
The court may also approve up to $7,500 for each of the two class representatives, Jeffrey Jacobs and Madeline Casey, and up to $1,325,000 in attorneys’ fees and expenses. Those amounts don’t come out of individual $115 payments.{1Joybird Settlement. Frequently Asked Questions}
Key Dates to Know
- Claim form deadline: February 13, 2026
- Opt-out (exclusion) deadline: February 13, 2026
- Objection deadline: February 13, 2026
- Final approval hearing: March 6, 2026
If you don’t opt out, you’ll be bound by the settlement and release La-Z-Boy from claims tied to the advertising practices at issue. Any payment depends on the court granting final approval and any appeals being resolved.{1Joybird Settlement. Frequently Asked Questions}{4ClassAction.org. $7.015M La-Z-Boy Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly False Joybird Discounts}
What the Lawsuit Claimed
The complaint, first filed in May 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, accused La-Z-Boy and Stitch Industries (Joybird’s parent) of running a “false reference pricing scheme.” Joybird’s product pages, according to the plaintiffs, displayed strikethrough “original” prices next to lower “sale” prices in red, creating the appearance of steep markdowns on items that were “rarely, if ever” sold at the higher figure.{5ClassAction.org. Class Action Lawsuit Claims Joybird Advertises Furniture, Home Decor at Fake Discounts}
Lead plaintiff Jeffrey Jacobs said advertisements touting “40% off” and inflated original prices were central to his decision to buy, and that he would not have purchased had he known the discounts weren’t real. The complaint asserted consumers were “actually overpaying” rather than saving.{5ClassAction.org. Class Action Lawsuit Claims Joybird Advertises Furniture, Home Decor at Fake Discounts}
The suit relied on three California consumer protection statutes — the Unfair Competition Law, the False Advertising Law, and the Consumers Legal Remedies Act — along with FTC rules requiring that any advertised “former price” be one at which the product was genuinely offered for a substantial period. Because Joybird sells exclusively through its own channels, the complaint argued, buyers had no way to check the supposed original prices against an outside market.{6ClassAction.org. Jacobs v. La-Z-Boy Incorporated, Complaint}
The court granted preliminary approval on October 31, 2025.{4ClassAction.org. $7.015M La-Z-Boy Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly False Joybird Discounts}
Other La-Z-Boy Class Actions
The Joybird settlement is the largest active La-Z-Boy consumer case, but a few others are worth flagging if you’re researching the company broadly.
Unsolicited Text Messages
Two separate class actions have accused La-Z-Boy of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act with unsolicited marketing texts. In Lanicek v. La-Z-Boy Inc. (Case No. 2:23-cv-12203, E.D. Mich.), the plaintiff said she got promotional texts without written consent and while listed on the National Do Not Call Registry.{7Top Class Actions. La-Z-Boy Class Action Alleges Retailer Sends Unsolicited Text Messages} A second suit, Sanford v. La-Z-Boy, Inc. (Case No. 5:24-cv-10005), filed in January 2024 in the same federal district, was brought by an Arkansas man who said he received nine unwanted marketing texts in 2023 despite being on the registry since 2009.{8ClassAction.org. La-Z-Boy Hit With Class Action Over Alleged Spam Texts}
Facebook Data-Sharing
In December 2022, a class action filed in the Northern District of California (Carroll, et al. v. La-Z-Boy Incorporated, et al., Case No. 3:22-cv-08961) alleged that La-Z-Boy violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by sharing website visitors’ identities and media-viewing activity with Facebook through an embedded tracking pixel.{9Top Class Actions. Folgers, La-Z-Boy, American Girl Face Class Actions Alleging Companies Share Data With Facebook}
If you bought from Joybird during the class period and want cash rather than a store credit, the action to take is filing your claim at JoybirdSettlement.com before February 13, 2026.