Thorn, who has been managing the funded class action, said the High Court had split the action into two stages. The first stage would be focussed on whether Harditex was defective, while the second stage would be to determine losses for homeowners, assuming they proved James Hardie’s product was defective.
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Lawyer Adina Thorn is acting on behalf of owners of leaky buildings against James Hardie. The owners alleged James Hardie knew, or ought to have known, its system failed, but kept manufacturing and supplying it, said Thorn. They would also argue that James Hardie had a legal duty to warn or inform homeowners about faults with its product, Thorn said.
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Law360, London (March 10, 2021, 1:42 PM GMT) Plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman said on Wednesday that it has secured funding to fuel a £1 billion ($1.4 billion) consumer group action against Daimler AG for allegedly misleading the market about excessive carbon emissions from its diesel cars.
Hagens Berman UK LLP announced that it has arranged substantial financing to cover the legal costs of pursuing damages on behalf of car drivers in in England and Wales against the Mercedes Benz automaker.
The law firm has also acquired insurance to shield claimants from having to pay Mercedes legal costs if the group action fails, the law firm said.
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