Certainteed Siding Lawsuit

Although certainteed denies liability it has reached a national settlement with the plaintiffs the settlement.

Certainteed siding lawsuit.

For claim documentation requirements for completing the certainteed fiber cement siding class action claim form please click here. Class action lawsuits were commenced in alberta and british columbia against certainteed alleging that the siding is defective and subject to cracking bowing buckling warping delamination and shrinkage. If the court approves the settlement you will have released certainteed from any further claims against it about the issues settled in this lawsuit and you can t ever sue certainteed again about these issues. Delamination field and edge checking and delamination are considered qualifying damage.

Box 2007 chanhassen mn 55317. Certainteed denies the claims but agreed to settle the case. 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. The siding in question is certainteed weatherboardstm fiber cement siding lap siding vertical siding shapes soffit porch ceiling and 7 16 trim.

The settlement is intended to resolve disputes between the parties about the performance of the siding. If you have the siding on your building all decisions made by the court in this lawsuit or about the settlement will apply to you. Certainteed fiber cement siding litigation c o bmc group settlement administrator p o. January 1 2020 estimated claims administrator.

If your certainteed siding is warping or buckling more than it qualifies for the lawsuit. Certainteed lawsuits alleged certainteed fiber cement siding problems include shrinking gapping cracking and warping of siding. File claim form online. 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.

You may file a claim form online here. Certainteed has reached a settlement in a class action that alleges that its fiber cement siding is defective and has failed to perform as promised. To upload pictures or documents please click here.