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PVC Pipe (Direct Purchaser)

If you purchased PVC Pipe in the United States between April 1, 2021, and May 16, 2025, directly from a leading manufacturer (listed below), you may be affected by to money back from a class action settlement.

Settlement: $3,000,000

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Deadline

Class Period

April 1, 2021,and May 16, 2025

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 April 1, 2021, and May 16, 2025.


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.

Converter Defendants

  • Atkore
  • Cantex
  • Diamond Plastics
  • Prime Conduit
  • Sanderson Pipe Corporation
  • Southern Pipe
  • Ipex USA
  • J-M Manufacturing Company d/b/a JM Eagle
  • National Pipe & Plastics (CHS)
  • PipeLife Jet Stream
  • Otter Tail Corporation
  • Northern Pipe Products
  • Vinyltech Corporation
  • Westlake Corporation
  • Westlake Pipe & Fittings Corporation d/b/a North America PVC Pipe Corporation

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 Settling 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 Settling 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 to create a Settlement Fund for the benefit of Class Members, in exchange for a release of all claims against OPIS 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.