Petition Seeks Consolidation of Federal Class Action Lawsuits Involving Pella Windows

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Plaintiffs in a class action against the Pella Corporation for alleged defects in the company’s Architect and Designer Series Windows have filed a motion to create a single docket for six similar lawsuits pending in federal courts throughout the country.

In a motion filed Nov. 19 before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, the plaintiffs maintain that the allegations asserted in each complaint are virtually identical and warrant MDL consolidation in Illinois, where the first case was filed in 2006.

The 2006 lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed as part of a settlement agreement involving claims against Pella over …