Judge Bars Testimony From Plaintiffs’ Experts On Pella Windows’ Leakage Paths

Mealey's (December 13, 2016, 1:00 PM EST) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — Three experts retained by plaintiffs claiming that Pella Corp.’s Architect Series and Designer Series windows are defective cannot testify about “leakage paths” that allow water to penetrate into vulnerable areas of the windows, a federal judge in South Carolina ruled Dec. 12, finding that the testing done by the experts to support their theory did not conform with American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard E2128 (In re: Pella Corporation Architect and Designer Series Windows Marketing, Sales Practices and products Liability Litigation, MDL 2514, Case No. 14mn1, D. S.C.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171502)....