James Hardie dragged back into leaky schools saga

James Hardie dragged back into leaky schools saga
By Paul McBeth Oct. 10 (BusinessDesk) - James Hardie Industries, the global building materials supplier, has been dragged back into the New Zealand government’s class action over leaky school buildings with a cross-claim filed against the company by another defendant. The New Zealand holding company, James Hardie NZ Holdings, was named as a defendant in April last year when the Ministry of Education first filed the suit, later cutting a deal with the government department in a confidential settlement. However, it has now been pulled ba...