Gaf Roof Shingles Lawsuit
If you own property with gaf timberline roofing shingles made between 1998 and 2009 then you might be a class member in the above referenced lawsuit.
Gaf roof shingles lawsuit. Property with non mobile shingles made between 01 01 1998 and 12 31 2009 at other gaf plants. Gaf building materials corporation cv 96 0954 alabama circuit court mobile county and involved claims of prematurely cracking and defective shingles. Gaf settled various class action lawsuits that alleged premature cracking of certain timberline shingles produced between 1998 2009. According to this lawsuit gaf timberline shingles are allegedly defective and do not last.
If you own a property with gaf timberline roofing shingles made between 1998 and 2009 then you may be eligible to receive free replacement shingles or a cash payment from the gaf timberline shingles class action lawsuit. The company settled a major class action lawsuit over warranty claims on defective shingles manufactured from 1998 to 2009 primarily at one plant. If you are a class member the proposed settlement will affect your legal rights and obligations. In the 1990 s another class action lawsuit was brought against gaf timberline.
The lawsuit covers two classes covering. You may be eligible if you own property with gaf timberline roofing shingles manufactured between 1998 and 2009. When you install any gaf lifetime shingle and at least 3 qualifying gaf accessories you ll automatically get a lifetime limited warranty on your shingles and all qualifying gaf accessories. This was coleman et al.
A proposed settlement of this class action has been preliminarily approved. Property with mobile shingles made between 01 01 1999 and 12 31 2007 at gaf s mobile al plant. Plaintiffs claim that shingles manufactured from january 1 1999 through december 31 2007 at a gaf plant in mobile alabama and from january 1 1998 through december 31 2009 at all other gaf manufacturing plants might prematurely crack split or tear cracking splitting or tearing of shingles is all referred to in this notice as cracking or cracked. The gaf shingles suit claims that the shingles produced at the mobile alabama plant have cracked at a higher rate than shingles produced at other plants.
Allegedly despite this knowledge of gaf shingles problems the company continued to market sell and distribute the shingles as long term premium shingles through south carolina. America s 1 shingle just got better.