Some Class Settlement Opt-Out Forms Struck; Sanctions Denied In PEX Piping Suits

Mealey's (June 25, 2021, 8:29 AM EDT) -- SAN ANTONIO — Ruling on motions for sanctions and curative action filed simultaneously by NIBCO Inc. in two parallel class actions over allegedly faulty piping after counsel in one of the cases sent communication to class members in the other case after a preliminary settlement was reached urging them to opt out, a federal magistrate judge on June 10 issued an order in the preliminary settled case striking certain class settlement opt-out forms and reopening the opt-out period for affected class members but denying sanctions and an order on June 15 in the other case dismissing it in part as moot....