It s too late to be part of the class action suit.
Bad siding lawsuit.
The class action is over.
The siding had typical swelling at the edges and was clearly delaminating.
The problem with lp s inner seal generally is that it fails where exposed to the weather.
Weyerhaeuser becomes the latest siding maker to settle a multimillion dollar product liability lawsuit.
The class action suit agains louisiana pacific is over.
This involved jarrett siding that was manufactured at the jarratt va plant between 1979 and 1987 only.
Louisiana pacific hardboard siding.
The biggest such deal involving louisiana pacific and its inner seal brand of pressed wood flake siding has cost the portland based company about 500 million so far and claims are still coming in.
The class action was open to anybody with this siding on their homes that was installed prior to 1 1 96 and that siding is damaged or becomes damaged prior to 1 1 2003 and did not opt out during the opt out period.
Regardless of the maintenance nearly all lp siding installations i look at from this era have failed at least certainly to some degree.
Brain also represented homeowners who had.
The settlement for that lawsuit has been paid so if you are reading this you have missed the opportunity to file a claim.
Certainteed corporation and representatives of owners of buildings on which the siding had been installed reached a proposed class action settlement.
Why are lawsuits being filed.
Georgia pacific hard board siding had two products.
Lp s inner seal siding was the subject of a class action lawsuit.
The settlement is intended to resolve disputes between the parties about the performance of the siding.
In addition to allegations of product defects plaintiffs also claim the life expectancy of the product is less than 50 years despite the fact that james hardie widely advertised a 50 year warranty for the siding.
My opinion is and always has been that swelled recalled moisture compromised lp siding should be replaced.
Georgia pacific stopped making siding at that plant in 1987 because it did not meet expectations.
Jarrett and catawba siding involved in a class action lawsuit.
In the most severe cases the siding reportedly breaks and falls off the property.
Between 1985 and 1995 800 000 homes were sided with a louisiana pacific lp product called inner seal that sparked one of the largest class action lawsuits in history after the siding began to fail.
