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Hagens Berman Files Suit Against Trex Company Over Decking Products
February 7th, 2009
A Washington homeowner filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Trex Company, Inc. (NYSE:TWP) this week, claiming the nation's largest manufacturer of wood-alternative decking is selling flawed products, and fails to live up to its guarantee when its products fail. Mark Okano, a Gig Harbor resident, claims his two-year old deck made entirely from Trex product began degrading, cracking and rotting in July 2008, but the company refuses to reimburse him for the costs associated with repairing the deck -- specifically the cost of labor to remove the bad boards and install new ones. Okano claims in his lawsuit that the company touts its product as...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-02-07)
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