Express Warranty Claims Dismissed from Class Action over Pella Windows

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana homeowners who sued Pella Corp. claiming its windows are defective cannot assert express warranty claims against the company because their class allegations fail to explain how they were induced by the manufacturer into buying the product, a federal judge ruled.

Judge Helen G. Berrigan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled Oct. 7 that the cause of action must be dismissed because supporting allegations fall short of the Louisiana Product Liability Act’s requirements for asserting such claims. Judge Berrigan, however, refused to dismiss — for now — a request by the …