The drumbeat of legal action against the nation's leading
maker of artificial sports fields intensified this week when a national
class-action lawsuit landed in New Jersey.
The suit, filed on behalf of Carteret, claims FieldTurf sold
the borough fields that failed to meet exaggerated promises and then
stonewalled officials' complaints until warranties expired.
The allegations made by Carteret directly refute FieldTurf's
assertions that premature deterioration with a brand of high-end turf
known as Duraspine had not affected New Jersey customers.
The national complaint was filed late Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, 10 days after NJ Advance Media published an investigation revealing
FieldTurf sold Duraspine for years after executives knew it was falling
apart. Last week, the Newark school system filed the first class-action lawsuit against
the company in state Superior Court in Essex County, and state
authorities in New Jersey and New York also began examining the business
practices of the company...
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/12/nj_borough_files_federal_class-action_suit_against.html
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