Have agreed to pay over 34 75 million to resolve a class action suit against them brought by thousands of consumers who owned allegedly defective pella proline brand wood casement awning and or transom windows that leaked and caused water damage.
Pella windows and doors lawsuit.
Hamlin is looking to recover alleged damages from defendant pella for the manufacture and sale of architect series windows alleged to be defective which he claims leaked and resulted in premature wood rot and damage to the windows.
On march 15 2019 a chicago federal judge ordered the pella corporation to pay a total of slightly under 35 million for its faulty product.
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In 2006 pella was served with a class action lawsuit alleging that its proline series of casement windows had a design defect that allowed water to enter behind the window s exterior aluminum cladding and cause damage to the window s wooden frame and to the house itself the case made news if only because of the inept handling of the suit by the plaintiffs lawyers.
Our experience with pella has been very good.
A settlement agreement the settlement or agreement has been reached with pella corporation and pella windows and doors inc.
John hamlin has filed a federal lawsuit in oklahoma s western district against pella corp.
Our old doors were removed and replaced with pella sliding doors that have the blinds in between the windows.
Defendants about allegedly defective pella proline brand aluminum clad wood casement awning and or transom windows manufactured by pella corporation between 1991 and 2009 pella proline casement windows.
A consumer fraud product defect class action lawsuit is currently pending in illinois against the manufacturer of pella windows.
Of that money 25 7 million will go to homeowners in order to repair water damage done by leaky windows.
Court of appeals overturned a settlement involving pella s proline windows for issues unrelated to claims that the product is defective.
These windows may be causing damage to the structure and or may be internally defective so damage is not visible to the naked eye.
Lawsuits have been filed over pella s architect designer and proline ranges of windows.
Pella settles lawsuit over wood windows february 12th 2018 by trey barrineau a 12 year old class action lawsuit against pella is over after the company agreed to pay 25 75 million to homeowners who purchased aluminum clad wood casement windows between january 1 1991 and december 31 2009.
The overturned settlement does not mean pella is protected against future lawsuits over its proline windows and does not affect ongoing litigation against architect and designer windows.
Rhine law firm p c in conjunction with other prominent law firms from around the country joined this lawsuit on behalf of these consumers in 2014.
