Legal Opinion
In Re Zurn Pex Plumbing Products Liability
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 6, 2011No. 10-2267PublishedCited by 226 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Minnesota homeowners brought this action1 against Zurn Pex, Inc. and Zurn Industries, Inc. (Zurn) alleging that brass fittings used in the company’s cross linked polyethylene (PEX) plumbing systems are inherently defective. In pretrial motions the homeowners' sought class certification for their consumer protection, warranty, and negligence claims, and Zurn moved to strike the testimony of two of the homeowners’ experts. After denying Zurn’s motion to strike the expert testimony, the district court2 granted the homeowner requests for class certification for their…
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