Masonite Corp., South Florida’s dominant supplier of hardboard siding, will pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a West Palm Beach developer who claimed the siding was defective, both ...

A Mobile County circuit judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit that seeks billions of dollars in damages from Masonite Corp., alleging the company’s hardwood siding is inherently ...

The siding is on 100,000 Florida homes, mostly in communities south of Orlando. The state attorney general’s office is investigating complaints that Masonite siding, pulled from the Florida ...

Masonite said as many as 3 million homes in the United States have its siding. Attorneys say the cost to repair the damage would be about $1,000 to $10,000 per house.

The number is answered by the Masonite Claims Administration Office, and a recorded message says the settlement covers Masonite Hardboard Siding installed between Jan. 1, 1980, and Jan. 15, 1998.

Homeowners with Masonite Hardboard Siding installed Jan. 1, 1990, through Jan. 15, 1998, have until January 2008 to file claims. Recent figures indicate more than 250,000 claims have been received.