Certainteed Landmark Class Action Lawsuit

This proposed class action settlement covers the entire united states.

Certainteed landmark class action lawsuit.

The settlement is intended to resolve disputes between the parties about the performance of the siding. 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 siding in question is certainteed weatherboardstm fiber cement siding lap siding vertical siding shapes soffit porch ceiling and 7 16 trim. The shingle manufacturer certainteed was found guilty in a class action lawsuit for selling the defective organic roofing shingle.

Consumers took legal action after numerous complaints surfaced that shingles were warping coming away from roofs and blowing off roofs all together. Certainteed previously settled a number of class actions over its organic 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 corporation and representatives of owners of buildings on which the siding had been installed reached a proposed class action settlement.

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. 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. 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. Hundreds or possibly thousands of dollars in shingle replacement costs may be reimbursed to each qualified claimant in this class action lawsuit settlement.