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Berkshire Hathaway faulty wiring class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Jay Nelson filed a class action lawsuit against Forest River Inc.
- Why: Nelson claims Forest River manufactured RVs with unsafely designed and installed wiring systems, increasing a risk of fire.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Montana federal court.
Berkshire Hathaway company Forest River sold recreational vehicles with unsafely designed and installed wiring systems, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Jay Nelson claims Forest River manufactures model year 2002-2022 Palomino Puma Fifth Wheel RVs without the proper overcurrent protection needed to protect from an electrical short.
Nelson says he noticed smoke coming out of his 2019 Forest River Puma RV in May 2020 during a family camping trip, ultimately discovering a wire charging the RV’s 12-volt batteries had shorted.
The short occurred because the company had not properly insulated the wire or protected its conductors, Nelson argues.
“Forest River knows that all conductors must be provided with overcurrent protection and that without proper circuit breaker protection, the wire can overheat, increasing the risk of fire,” the Berkshire Hathaway class action states.
Forest River allegedly committed safety violations with repair
Nelson claims he took his RV to a Forest River dealership to be fixed; however, he argues the company violated National Fire Protection Association code when repairing the RV.
“Plaintiff did not understand that the repair continued to include a wire not protected by a breaker and not properly insulated and protected in several areas,” the class action states. Dealership employees “confirmed they had seen similar fires in other subject RVs.”
Nelson claims the company is guilty of unjust enrichment and fraudulent concealment, among other things, and in violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
Nelson wants to represent a nationwide class and Montana subclass of consumers who have purchased a Forest River Fifth Wheel containing an unsafe wiring system.
Plaintiff is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory relief along with compensatory, statutory and exemplary damages for himself and all class members.
A consumer filed a separate class action lawsuit against Grand Design last year over claims the company attempts to escape liability on a known RV defect by providing repairs that don’t work long-term and bleed out a customer’s warranty period.
Have you purchased a Forest River RV? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiffs are represented by C. Tab Turner of Turner & Associates PA; Dennis P. Conner and Gregory G. Pinski of Conner, Marr & Pinski PLLP; and Daniel B. Bidegaray of Bidegaray Law Firm LLC.
The Berkshire Hathaway Faulty Wiring Class Action Lawsuit is Nelson v. Forest River Inc., et al., Case No. 4:22-cv-00049, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana.
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24 thoughts onBerkshire Hathaway class action claims faulty wiring in Forest River RVs causes fires
I was going down the hwy last Aug and the back outer shell flipped over In the rd! I am lucky nobody was killed. It had not been properly sealed on top. 2014 palomini! They accused me of changing the exterior!