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 defective ...

Q. When I bought my home, my home inspector said nothing about the exterior siding. Months later, a contractor pointed out that the siding boards have swelled, buckled and disintegrated in many places ...

I have heard there is a deadline approaching for participating in the "Masonite Hardboard Siding settlement." What can you tell us about this suit and settlement? -- R.P., Tulsa. The deadline is Jan.

Flung by Hurricane Andrew into a no-holds-barred examination of the home building industry, South Florida is starting to look beyond builders — to the products they use to do the job. Masonite Corp., ...

I need a claim form to fill out on this Masonite siding and to know what else I need to do (like pictures, forms, documentation, etc.). I just bought my house, and it has this siding. -- M.K., ...