MightyFlex Water Line Connector at Center of Defective Product Claims

After a MightyFlex water line connector allegedly failed in her vacation home and caused extensive property damage, plaintiff Tiffany H. has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court the Central District of California, Western Division.

This legal action was filed on April 12, 2018 against two named defendants—LSP Products Group Inc. and NCH Corp. NCH is the parent company to LSP.

Tiffany is seeking damages for her individual case, but she also hopes to represent a Class of people in the state of California that have also had to endure water damage to their home because of an alleged weakness in the MightyFlex water line connector components.

The MightyFlex water line connector is made of flexible tubing covered in braided stainless steel wires. On each end, there are nuts made of plastic or metal.

These coupling nuts are often used throughout homes to connect a water supply line to an appliance or plumbing fixture such as a refrigerator’s automatic ice maker or a toilet. According to the lawsuit’s narrative, the coupling nuts or steel braiding have a tendency to fail unreasonably early which subjects homes to the possibility of significant water damage.

The Plaintiff’s Story

Tiffany, a citizen and resident of Pasadena, Calif., owns a vacation home in the town of Truckee, Calif.. She says that in March 2013, she had a MightyFlex water line connector installed in one of her vacation home bathrooms located on the first floor.

The device was used to connect the toilet in the half-bath to the house water supply. It was a 16-inch line with a plastic coupling nut on one end and a brass compression nut on the other end, she claims.

Two years and seven months later, the MightyFlex water line connector brass insert on the brass compression nut fractured and allowed for massive amounts of water to leak on the first floor, according to her LSP Products class action lawsuit.

Because it was a vacation home where Tiffany did not reside all the time, the damage was not discovered until several days after the fact. She says a neighbor did intervene in the situation, but not until mold had started to grow because of the soaking.

Tiffany says the flood damaged hardwood and carpet flooring, as well as wallboard and framing of the house itself. Tiffany allegedly had to pay $30,000 to make the necessary repairs which included at least half of this amount in mold remediation.

According to her lawsuit, the plaintiff and other members of the class had the expectation based upon assurances of quality by the defendants that the MightyFlex water line connector would function well for a minimum of 15 years.

Tiffany is seeking statutory and common law damages that include all costs of litigation and pre-judgment and post-judgment interest on behalf of herself and proposed class members.

The MightyFlex Water Line Connector Lawsuit is Case No. 2:18-cv-03091 in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division.

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