This proposed class action settlement covers the entire united states.
Certainteed windows class action lawsuit.
The amount available to each claimant is determined using the criteria described in the settlement agreement.
The settlement is intended to resolve disputes between the parties about the performance of the siding.
Certainteed has reached a settlement in a class action that alleges that its fiber cement siding is defective and has failed to perform as promised.
To have a class action certain factors must be established with the court.
This certainteed class action settlement also has us counting boards as though they are going to pay to replace boards.
The plaintiff claims that when certainteed sold its siding it promised that the siding would be free from manufacturing defects for a 50 year period.
A settlement class member with an eligible claim will be offered a cash payment in accordance with the agreement.
Certainteed will pay 103 9 million to settle the class action lawsuit.
Certainteed corporation and representatives of owners of buildings on which the siding had been installed reached a proposed class action settlement.
A class action lawsuit is a legal filing against one or more defendants that includes a few named plaintiffs who represent a much larger class only a few people are actually named in the lawsuit but the suit encompasses the claims of many more people.
This settlement resolves a lawsuit over whether or not organic roofing shingles manufactured by the defendant certainteed corporation from july 1 1987 through 2005 are defective and failed to perform as promised when installed on buildings located in the united states and canada.
The qualifying certainteed products include certainteed weatherboards fiber cement siding lap siding vertical siding shapes soffit porch ceiling and 7 16 trim.
These lawsuits alleged that the adhesive used to attach the organic shingles to roofs was defective which prevented the shingles from sticking properly.
The siding in question is certainteed weatherboardstm fiber cement siding lap siding vertical siding shapes soffit porch ceiling and 7 16 trim.
Certainteed will pay 103 9 million to settle the class action approved by the court.
Also one cannot even buy this weatherboard anymore as certainteed sold that division to plycem.
If you own a property in the united states as of 9 30 2013 on which specific certainteed products were installed on or before the date you may be eligible to claim up to several thousand dollars from the certainteed siding class action lawsuit.
Certainteed corporation and saint gobain corporation are on the receiving end of a proposed class action that alleges their vinyl siding products contain a manufacturing defect that causes them to degrade when exposed to normal weather conditions.
In 2012 certainteed corporation entered into a settlement agreement following a class action lawsuit over its organic independence asphalt shingles.
What benefits are available to settlement class members and who is eligible to get them.
Certainteed previously settled a number of class actions over its organic asphalt shingles.
