Particle Board Siding Lawsuit

The settlement would provide compensation to persons who have incurred property damage resulting from failure of cladwood siding installed on their homes or buildings.

Particle board siding lawsuit.

Following the class action suit almost all manufacturers ceased production of their hardboard siding products. The settlement is intended to resolve disputes between the parties about the performance of the siding. Cladwood exterior siding a resin bonded particle board substrate with both side fiber overlay. Certainteed corporation and representatives of owners of buildings on which the siding had been installed reached a proposed class action settlement.

Masonite which is a trademarked name was not part of the suit. Smurfit stone container which had merged with the prior owner of cladwood corp jefferson smurfit declared bankruptcy. When it gets this bad your options are few you can t find this product any more to make repairs. In some cases the boards rotted away where they were nailed to the house and the hardboard would fall off.

That was the last i had thought about hardboard siding until my father mentioned the product and i was very surprised to find out he had used it on the addition to his old house during the 70s. A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit concerning a siding product known as cladwood. It has become common in some parts of the country offering design versatility and a solid feel. In 1994 pressboard siding gained national attention when a class action law suit settlement against some of its largest manufacturers dictated that anyone who owned property constructed with their hardboard siding between january 1 1980 and january 15 1998 dates vary by manufacturer could be reimbursed for damages caused from the siding if any.

On january 15 1998 the circuit court of mobile county alabama granted approval to a settlement reached by plaintiffs the masonite corporation and international paper that provides regionally adjusted replacement costs for damaged siding to class members who make a qualified claim. The class action is over. This proposed class action settlement covers the entire united states. Cladwood requires a continuous vapor barrier of one perm or less on the warm side of the wall to which it is applied.

As a result in 1994 a nation wide class action suit was settled against some of the major hardboard siding products manufacturers. Particleboard core includes planer shavings and waste wood. The class action lawsuit against masonite hardboard siding products is over. The 20 year warranty period is now over as well.

Particleboard siding it s one of the many things nobody misses about the 80s. The class action suit against jefferson smurfit is over. Jefferson smurfit cladwood siding. Cladwood is an exterior siding made with a resin bonded particle board substrate with both side fiber overlay.