ELLIS v. LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP.

No. 11-2319.

699 F.3d 778 (2012)

Bianca ELLIS, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Mark Sroka, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Jaqueline Sroka, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gary Edward Mason , Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Richard Thell Boyette , Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Daniel K. Bryson , Scott C. Harris , Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina; Nicholas A. Migliaccio , Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, Washington, D.C.; Joel R. Rhine , Rhine Law Firm, PC, Wilmington, North Carolina; Auley M. Crouch, III , Christopher K. Behm , Block Crouch Keeter Behm & Sayed, LLP, Wilmington, North Carolina; Charles A. Schneider , Martha B. Schneider , Schneider & Schneider, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. John Parker Sweeney , Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Baltimore, Maryland; James E. Weatherholtz , Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Charleston, South Carolina; Meghan N. Knight , Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina; Scott Burnett Smith , J. Thomas Richie , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Huntsville, Alabama, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion, Judge THACKER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge URBANSKI joined.


OPINION

THACKER, Circuit Judge:

Bianca Ellis, Mark Sroka, and Jaqueline Sroka (collectively, the "Appellants") appeal the district court's order dismissing their putative class action complaint. They claim that Louisiana-Pacific Corp. ("LP" or the "Appellee") negligently designed and manufactured Trimboard, a composite building product designed and marketed for use as exterior trim around windows and doors, and violated the provisions of the North Carolina...

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