VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Dec. 13, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — On September 24, 2013, Smart Vent filed a lawsuit against Crawl Space Door Systems, Inc. in the NJ Federal Court, case 1:13-cv-05691-JBS-KMW.\u00a0Crawl Space Door Systems, Inc. filed a counter-claim. The lawsuit is now over and Crawl Space Door Systems won.<\/p>\n
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\n\u201cWe\u2019re happy to announce that the Federal Court ruling finalized what we\u2019ve known all along \u2013 that Crawl Space Door Systems\u2019 engineered flood vents are FEMA and NFIP compliant,\u201d William G. Sykes, owner, Crawl Space Door Systems, says.<\/p>\n
As of October 24, 2019, some of the jury findings revealed that Smart Vent (SV) was unable to prove that Crawl Space Door Systems (CSDS) made false statements about the coverage of CSDS\u2019s flood vents; or made false or misleading statements about the purchase and use of CSDS\u2019s flood vents to reduce flood insurance premiums.<\/p>\n
However, CSDS was able to prove that SV made false claims about CSDS\u2019 product statements. More importantly, CSDS was able to prove that SV actually harmed CSDS\u2019s business in terms of declining sales and loss of goodwill. CSDS was also able to prove their flood vents do reduce flood insurance premiums.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re happy justice prevailed,\u201d Sykes says. \u201cSV has a history of filing lawsuits against competitors, but this time we won.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other companies that SV has filed lawsuits against include: AAA Louvers and Millworks, Inc.; USA Floodair Vents, LTD.; and Vinylast, Inc. They\u2019re all out of business now.<\/p>\n
The verdict form from all jury findings can be found here (PDF): https:\/\/www.crawlspacedoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/13-Verdict-Form.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n View the court ruling here (PDF): https:\/\/www.crawlspacedoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CSDS_Order_Opinion_11_1_2017.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n View the lawsuit details here (PDF): https:\/\/www.crawlspacedoors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SMART-VENT-mfj-CSDS.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n To learn more about Crawl Space Door System, visit: https:\/\/www.crawlspacedoors.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n
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