Leaky homes: Harditex cladding manufacturer faces class action

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Leaky homes: Harditex cladding manufacturer faces class action

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Radio New Zealand

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A class action lawsuit is alleging a major building product manufacturer never tested its product before selling it - and once they knew it was defective, continued selling it. More than a thousand people are involved in the suit taking the James Hardie group of companies to court, collectively seeking more than $200 million. It's a mammoth case - six years since the first legal claim, to in part determine one of the country's longest running legal dramas - leaky homes. And it is finally in...

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17 May 2021

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Checkpoint

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018795818/leaky-homes-harditex-claddi...

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