U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken ruled in favor of Jeld-Wen Inc., putting to rest the lawsuit brought against it three years ago by Crete Carrier Corp. driver Gary Groeneweg. Groeneweg filed suit against the door and window company in 2020 under the Oregon Safe Employment Act and the Oregon Employer Liability Law, seeking to […]

Workplace incidents, shop closures, the impacts of the war in Ukraine and no shortage of lawsuits made for an exciting, yet at times solemn, year of news for [DWM] in 2022. Take a look at the top stories from the past year as 2023 approaches. 1. Worker Dies in Accident at Cardinal Glass Church Hill […]

A class action claim has been brought in Alaska against Jeld-Wen Inc. and two additional parties alleging that the company designed, manufactured, marketed and sold “defective windows” under the Pozzi window line approximately 20 years ago. According to claims in court documents filed by plaintiffs David and Bonnie Faulk in July 2022, the Pozzi windows […]

After a court-appointed Special Master raised concerns about sharing certain information with Steves and Sons Inc. (Steves) amid a court-ordered divestiture process, U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne rescinded those requirements last week. At the urging of Special Master and former U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel, Judge Payne agreed that Steves shouldn’t be given […]

Jeld-Wen Inc. signaled the end of a years-long legal battle this week, by revealing in the statements for its latest earnings report that the company will forgo any further appeal of a court order requiring divesture of one of its plants. In June 2016, San Antonio-based door maker Steves and Sons (Steves) filed a lawsuit […]

After a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld an order for door and window manufacturer Jeld-Wen Inc. to sell its Towanda, Pa.-based manufacturing plant, a court-appointed Special Master overseeing the process raised concerns about sharing certain information with Steves and Sons Inc. (the plaintiff in a case leading to divestiture). Former U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. […]

After crafting a deal for $40 million to settle a class action suit with investors, door and window manufacturer Jeld-Wen Inc. entered a dispute with insurance providers Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America (Travelers) and Old Republic Insurance Company, alleging that at least one of them is obligated to issue pay outs for excess […]

Door manufacturers Jeld-Wen Inc. and Masonite Corp. agreed to get their pens out this week, each stroking a check for $30.8 million ($61.6 million total), ending a class action lawsuit against the two companies. The final approval order and judgement was signed last week by U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney, completing a settlement agreement […]

After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a request by Jeld-Wen Inc. for a rehearing of an anti-trust ruling, U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. issued an order last week certifying a class of investors to proceed in a suit against the company. Investors in the company’s publicly traded stock […]

An order filed this week by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a request by Jeld-Wen Inc. for a rehearing en banc, after the court upheld a ruling requiring the door and window manufacturer to divest of its Towanda, Pa.-based manufacturing plant. A petition for rehearing en banc asks a […]