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“The plaintiffs would have continued, if the funder had continued funding,” Wheatley said. In a statement to investors on the ASX Australian sharemarket, James Hardie said it had been paid $1.25 million as a result of the settlement. RYAN ANDERSON/Stuff The James Hardies leaky homes class action was taking place at the High Court in Auckland. James Hardie’s New Zealand manager John Arneil said: “While we are happy with this outcome, and believe the settlement supports our continued belief that the allegations lacked merit, and we behaved as a responsible manufacturer, we remain very sympathetic to homeowners negatively impacted by weathertightness issues.” ....
A $220m class action claims cladding was sold without adequate testing. One of the leaky homes in the Harditex cladding class action lawsuit was atrociously built, and did not even have a code of compliance certificate, James Hardie’s lawyers claimed at the High Court in Auckland. The global building materials manufacturer is defending itself against a $220 million class action claim for compensation by owners of leaky homes clad in Harditex. About 1000 owners of 376 leaky homes blame James Hardie’s Harditex exterior cladding system for the leaks, claiming Harditex was defective, not suitable for New Zealand’s high-rain climate, and not properly tested before being sold. ....
Musgrave intended to sell the home and move to the Bay of Islands to retire, but nobody will buy it. “I tried to sell it, and was hoping to move north, but people just take one look at the materials, and they don’t want a bar of it,” he says. “I’m basically stuck in Hamilton. It’s changed the course of my life. It’s like having a brick tied around your neck when you re trying to swim.” TOM LEE/STUFF David Musgrave and around 1000 other homeowners are suing James Hardie at the Auckland High Court for $220m. It s one of the largest class action trials in NZ history. ....