Bad Siding Lawsuit

The problem with lp s inner seal generally is that it fails where exposed to the weather.

Bad siding lawsuit.

The plaintiffs seek to represent all homeowners whose home was built with james hardie fiber cement siding and who seek compensation for repair costs and other damages from the 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. 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. 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.

Louisiana pacific hardboard siding. This proposed class action settlement covers the entire united states. Regardless of the maintenance nearly all lp siding installations i look at from this era have failed at least certainly to some degree. Lp s inner seal siding was the subject of a class action lawsuit.

The settlement for that lawsuit has been paid so if you are reading this you have missed the opportunity to file a claim. The class action suit agains louisiana pacific is over. 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. It s too late to be part of the class action suit.

This involved jarrett siding that was manufactured at the jarratt va plant between 1979 and 1987 only. Why are lawsuits being filed. Weyerhaeuser becomes the latest siding maker to settle a multimillion dollar product liability lawsuit. In the most severe cases the siding reportedly breaks and falls off the property.

The class action is over. Brain also represented homeowners who had. My opinion is and always has been that swelled recalled moisture compromised lp siding should be replaced. Georgia pacific hard board siding had two products.

This class action lawsuit claims that james hardie building products produces and sells exterior fiber cement siding that fails prematurely. The settlement is intended to resolve disputes between the parties about the performance of the siding. The siding had typical swelling at the edges and was clearly delaminating.