Certainteed Landmark Class Action Lawsuit

Certainteed corporation and representatives of owners of buildings on which the siding had been installed reached a proposed class action settlement.

Certainteed landmark class action lawsuit.

In 2012 certainteed corporation entered into a settlement agreement following a class action lawsuit over its organic independence asphalt shingles. 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. Register your certainteed complaint. This proposed class action settlement covers the entire united states.

These lawsuits alleged that the adhesive used to attach the organic shingles to roofs was defective which prevented the shingles from sticking properly. This settlement is in place to resolve issues with the defective vinyl shingles which were manufactured by certainteed corporation between 1987 and 2005. Certainteed previously settled a number of class actions over its organic asphalt shingles. The shingle manufacturer certainteed was found guilty in a class action lawsuit for selling the defective organic roofing shingle.

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. The settlement is intended to resolve disputes between the parties about the performance of the siding. Certainteed will pay 103 9 million to settle the class action approved by the court. The siding in question is certainteed weatherboardstm fiber cement siding lap siding vertical siding shapes soffit porch ceiling and 7 16 trim.

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. 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. Consumers took legal action after numerous complaints surfaced that shingles were warping coming away from roofs and blowing off roofs all together.