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PVC Pipe (Direct Purchaser)

If you purchased PVC  Pipe and/or Fittings directly from one or more of the Converter Defendants between January 1, 2020 and March 31, 2026 you may be due money back.

SETTLEMENT: $142,500,000

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Class Period:

January 1, 2020 and March 31, 2026

Class Members:

You are a Class Member if  you or your company purchased PVC Pipes in the United States directly from one or more of the Converter Defendants (or from any of the Converter Defendants’ parents, predecessors, subsidiaries or affiliates) at any time between January 1, 2020, and March 31, 2026.


Defendants, and their parents, predecessors, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and all federal government entities and  instrumentalities of the federal government are excluded from the Settlement Class.

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Converter Defendants:

Atkore (Settled $72.5MM)

Allied Tube & Conduit* (Settled) 
Cantex
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry

Cor-Tek * (Settled)
Cresline Plastic Pipe
Diamond Plastics

Heritage* (Settled)
Prime Conduit
Sanderson Pipe
Southern Pipe
IPEX USA
J-M Manufacturing d/b/a JM Eagle
National Pipe & Plastics
Pipelife Jet Stream
Otter Tail Corporation
Northern Pipe Products

Queen City Plastics* (Settled)

Rocky Mountain Colby Pipe (RMCP)* (Settled)
Vinyltech Corporation
Westlake (Settled $67MM)
Westlake Pipe & Fittings ** (Settled)

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* Atkore Subsidiary

** Westlake Subsidiary


Definitions:

“PVC Pipe” refers to polyvinyl chloride pipe, including all PVC pipe and piping products used in plumbing, electrical conduit, and municipal piping systems that are manufactured by combining chlorine and ethylene

Background:

The providers claimed that the Defendants violated antitrust laws by illegally dividing the United States into “Service Areas” and agreed not to compete in those areas. They also claim that the Defendants fixed prices for services provided.


The Court has not decided who is right or wrong. Instead, Plaintiffs and Settling Defendants have agreed to a Settlement to avoid the risk and cost of further litigation. Settling Defendants deny all allegations of wrongdoing.

Current Settlement Agreement:

Under the proposed Settlement, OPIS agreed to pay $3,000,000, Westlake $67,000,000 and Atkore $72,500,000 to create a Settlement Fund for the benefit of Class Members, in exchange for a release of all claims against OPIS, Westlake and Atkore in this lawsuit.


The Settlement Agreement provides that OPIS will also cooperate in the continuing lawsuit against the Converter Defendants in exchange for a release of claims by Class Members against OPIS,and present parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, stockholders, and general or limited partners, as well as its past and present respective officers, directors, employees, trustees, insurers, agents, attorneys, and any other representatives (the “Releasees”). The Settlement Agreement, however, does not release any claims relating to or against the Converter Defendants continuing against them.