Certainteed Landmark Class Action Lawsuit

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Certainteed landmark class action lawsuit.

Hundreds or possibly thousands of dollars in shingle replacement costs may be reimbursed to each qualified claimant in this class action lawsuit settlement. This settlement is in place to resolve issues with the defective vinyl shingles which were manufactured by certainteed corporation between 1987 and 2005. Consumers took legal action after numerous complaints surfaced that shingles were warping coming away from roofs and blowing off roofs all together. Certainteed will pay 103 9 million to settle the class action approved by the court.

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. Certainteed previously settled a number of class actions over its organic asphalt shingles. The siding in question is certainteed weatherboardstm fiber cement siding lap siding vertical siding shapes soffit porch ceiling and 7 16 trim. 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. If you are a homeowner commercial building owner or represent a homeowner s or town home association and have suffered damages in this defective shingle case you may qualify for damages or remedies that may be awarded in a possible class action or lawsuit. Has reached a preliminary agreement to settle a class action lawsuit filed by homeowners who argued that that a type of organic asphalt shingle manufactured by the company failed. The shingle manufacturer certainteed was found guilty in a class action lawsuit for selling the defective organic roofing shingle.

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. These lawsuits alleged that the adhesive used to attach the organic shingles to roofs was defective which prevented the shingles from sticking properly. 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.