Nashville High School Sues Field Turf, Inc.

FYI:  Montgomery Blair High School's artificial turf field was manufactured and installed at the same time by the same company. 

The City Paper: Father Ryan sues companies over alleged defective synthetic turf on football field

Father Ryan High School filed a lawsuit in Davidson County Chancery Court last week against the companies hired to install the synthetic turf playing surface for its athletic field that was dedicated in 2009.
According to the suit, Field Turf Inc., the company subcontracted to supply the artificial turf, was receiving complaints from a number of its customers throughout North America during the field construction. Those complaints alleged that the product was defective and that the fibers of the surface were splitting, breaking, fading, thinning and shedding during routine use. 

Two other companies involved in the construction of Father Ryan’s field — Hardaway Construction and Precision Sports Fields — were also named in the suit. 

Father Ryan claims that information was never disclosed during the construction of the field. Two years after the turf was installed, Father Ryan began to notice premature degradation of the field’s fibers.
Upon discovery of the poor conditions of the field surface, Father Ryan informed Field Turf of the situation...

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