Certainteed Landmark Class Action Lawsuit

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.

Certainteed landmark class action lawsuit.

The siding in question is certainteed weatherboardstm fiber cement siding lap siding vertical siding shapes soffit porch ceiling and 7 16 trim. 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. This settlement is in place to resolve issues with the defective vinyl shingles which were manufactured by certainteed corporation between 1987 and 2005. In 2012 certainteed corporation entered into a settlement agreement following a class action lawsuit over its organic independence asphalt shingles.

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

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. Hundreds or possibly thousands of dollars in shingle replacement costs may be reimbursed to each qualified claimant in this class action lawsuit settlement. Consumers took legal action after numerous complaints surfaced that shingles were warping coming away from roofs and blowing off roofs all together. Certainteed corporation and representatives of owners of buildings on which the siding had been installed reached a proposed class action settlement.

This proposed class action settlement covers the entire united states. The settlement is intended to resolve disputes between the parties about the performance of the siding. Certainteed previously settled a number of class actions over its organic asphalt shingles.