Defective Roof Shingles Case Proceeds to Trial on Class Claims

A certified class that alleges GAF Materials Corp. made and sold defective roof shingles may proceed to trial on claims including those for negligence and breach of express warranty, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina held (Brooks v. GAF Materials Corp., 2014 BL 189949, D. S.C., No. 8:11-cv-00983).

The court denied the bulk of GAF’s summary judgment motion in the suit. In June, the court also rejected the shingle maker’s effort to decertify the class 42 PSLR 642, 6/23/14, 15 CLASS 671, 6/27/14. It distinguished the case from Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, ...