CertainTeed Agrees to $103.9M Defective Siding Class Action Settlement

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CertainTeed Agrees to $103.9M Defective Siding Class Action Settlement

By Dominic Rivera

UPDATE: Details on how to file a claim for the CertainTeed Siding Class Action Lawsuit Settlement are up!

A federal judge on Thursday preliminarily approved a $103.9 million class action lawsuit settlement between CertainTeed Corp. and a class of consumers who alleged the company sold defective siding to thousands of customers across the country and failed to adequately design and test its products before placing them on the market.

The CertainTeed siding class action settlement will cover all individuals or entities that owned, as of September 30, 2013, homes, residences, buildings or other structures located in the United States, on which specific CertainTeed products were installed on or before September 30, 2013. The class action settlement will allow owners of properties where failed CertainTeed siding was installed to claim cash payments proportionately based on criteria including the size, age and condition of the damage. Class Members will have up to six years to file a claim, according to the agreement.

U.S. District Judge Thomas N. O’Neill, Jr. preliminarily approved the CertainTeed class action settlement on October 3, 2013. A Final Approval Hearing is scheduled for February 19, 2014.

The CertainTeed siding settlement resolves numerous class action lawsuits about alleged product defects that were filed against CertainTeed in 2010. In 2011, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred all cases to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The products included in the class action lawsuits are CertainTeed’s Weatherboards Fiber Cement Siding, Lap Siding, Vertical Siding, Shapes, Soffit, Porch Ceiling, and 7/16” Trim.

According to the consolidated class action lawsuit, CertainTeed manufactured and marketed its fly ash-based siding products as durable, long-lasting and appropriate for use on homes. Plaintiffs, however, complained they noticed large gaps between siding boards on their houses years after purchasing homes built with the siding.

Plaintiffs in the CertainTeed class action lawsuit also complained that aside from shrinking, cracking and warping, the siding also tends to freeze during winter. It also allegedly displays poor paint adhesion and significant moisture absorption.

The class is represented by H. Laddie Montague Jr., Lawrence Deutsch and Shanon J. Carson of Berger & Montague PC and by Michael McShane of Audet & Partners LLP.

The CertainTeed Siding Class Action Lawsuit Settlement case is In re: CertainTeed Fiber Cement Siding Litigation, Case No. 2:11-md-02270 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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