Court hears James Hardie cladding never tested for weathertightness
Plaintiff argued JH's conduct was ‘well below that to be expected of a reasonable manufacturer’.
A class-action lawsuit against fibre cement cladding manufacturer James Hardie alleges the company knowingly sold defective cladding used to build thousands of homes for nearly 10 years.
The case is being heard at the Wellington High Court before Justice Simon France over the next 16 weeks with
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