Georgia-Pacific Sued in Florida Over Allegedly Defective PrimeTrim Product

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida homeowners have filed a class action lawsuit against Georgia-Pacific over the company’s allegedly defective exterior trim that is prematurely deteriorating, causing structural and water-related damage to the plaintiffs’ homes.

In a lawsuit filed March 27 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the plaintiffs allege that Georgia-Pacific’s PrimeTrim, which the company markets as more durable than traditional lumber, is defectively designed and that the company has ignored the plaintiffs’ request to honor its warranty and replace the product.

“The PrimeTrim product prematurely deteriorates, rots, swells, buckles, delaminates, absorbs water, warps, and/or bulges …