New Zealand: Victims of leaky homes are being urged to join a class action being formed against James Hardie over one of its fibre cement cladding products, HardieTex.
Law firm Parker & Associates has filed a High Court case on behalf of a Wellington couple, who have claimed that HardieTex was the cause of their US$200,000 leaky home problem. The claim alleges that James Hardie was negligent in the design, manufacture and supply of HardieTex, which was used to build thousands of houses through the 1990s and early 2000s. Building owners who have suffered damage have until December 2015 to join the action.
The country manager for James Hardie in New Zealand, Justin Burgess, said that HardieTex is no longer on the market.
