December 16, 2024
A New Jersey federal judge has granted final approval to a proposed nationwide settlement to end a multidistrict litigation brought by consumers who purchased retired artificial fields from FieldTurf USA Inc.
May 06, 2024
A class of New Jersey school districts and municipalities has asked a New Jersey federal judge to give preliminary approval to a settlement with FieldTurf USA Inc. to resolve multidistrict litigation over claims its synthetic turf fields are defective.
January 26, 2024
A synthetic turf maker asked a New Jersey federal judge on Thursday to toss claims that its fields are defective, arguing the plaintiffs have failed to show that any feasible alternative existed at the time they purchased their fields.
August 21, 2023
A class of field owners suing the maker of an allegedly defective synthetic field turf urged the Third Circuit to uphold their certification in the multidistrict litigation, arguing that the company's "attack on the certifications is pure smoke-and-mirrors."
July 14, 2023
A New Jersey federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation regarding a company's allegedly defective synthetic field turf granted certification to school districts and local governments in California, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, saying they had met the requirements to proceed as a class.
September 04, 2018
A federal New Jersey judge cut proposed state subclasses — except for New York, New Jersey, California and Pennsylvania — from multidistrict litigation over allegedly inferior sports field turf, saying that the named plaintiffs can't represent subclasses they don't belong to.
March 20, 2018
A putative class of municipalities and schools urged a New Jersey federal court Monday to keep alive multidistrict litigation against a company they say deliberately concealed shoddy sports field turf, arguing they should be allowed to pursue claims that otherwise would have expired.
August 23, 2017
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday appointed two attorneys, including one of the attorneys who is a lead class counsel in the NFL concussion litigation, to handle a multidistrict case against synthetic sports surface maker FieldTurf over allegedly shoddy turf.