Masonite Hardboard Siding Settlement:
Notes: This settlement was approved on Jan 1, 1998 and is to
continue for many homes till 2008 BUT....according to the settlement "After
seven (7) years from the Settlement Date, Defendants will have the option
to terminate this agreement." So look for this settlement to be completed
by 2005. This settlement pays qualified homeowners for damaged siding.
It isn't the best settlement for the homeowners, but considering the alternatives
it is the best homeowners will get.
Structures Affected: ~4.3 Million across the US. (Mobile Register)
Web site: www.masoniteclaims.com
Articles: Masonite:
Godzilla of class actions A must read article from the Mobile Register.
Mobile Alabama is where the trial took place.
Phone: 1-800-330-2722
Attorneys: John Crowder and Richard Dorman, 1-800-3509315
Masonite Omniwood Siding Settlement
Notes:
Structures Affected: Not known
Web site: www.masoniteclaims.com
Articles:
Phone: 1-800-330-2722
Attorneys: John Crowder and Richard Dorman, 1-800-3509315
Louisiana Pacific Innerseal Siding Settlement
Notes: Poster child for what is wrong with class action suits.
The attorneys received $26 Million for their efforts. After the first couple
of years the money ran out leaving tens of thousands without compensation
or with little compensation.
Structures Affected: ~800,000 (Wall Street Journal)
Web site: www.lpsidingclaims.com
Articles: Plaintiffs See
Payouts Shrink In Siding Suit By Richard B. Schmitt Staff Reporter
of The Wall Street Journal at HomeOwners
for Better Building.
Phone:
Attorneys:
ABTCO Siding Settlement
Notes: Recently approved. Worst settlement to date. Read specific
objections to the settlement
written by HomeOwners for Better Building.
Structures Affected: 2 Million
Web site: www.abtcoclaims.com
Articles:
Phone: Coming soon.
Attorneys: Coming Soon.
Weyerhaeuser Siding Settlement
Notes: Recently announced. Fairness hearing set for Dec 2000.
Claims will be processed afterwards.
Structures Affected: "at least 500,000" Chris Brain, plaintiffs
attorney Seattle Times, July 11, 2000.
Web site: www.weyerclaims.com
Articles: Weyerhaeuser
plan OK'd; settlement puts no limits on liability by Drew DeSilver
Seattle Times business reporter
Phone: Coming Soon
Attorneys: Coming Soon.
