A nationwide settlement has been reached in a class action

lawsuit about whether Carrier Corporation (“Carrier”) failed to

disclose alleged defects in the secondary heat exchangers of its

high efficiency gas furnaces. The settlement provides benefits

to those who own or owned a high efficiency gas furnace.

If you’re included, you may send in a claim form to request

a payment, or you can exclude yourself from the settlement, or

object to it. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of

Washington authorized this notice, and will have a hearing to

decide whether to approve the settlement, so that benefits can

be issued. Get a detailed notice at www.FurnaceClaims.com.

The Class includes anyone who currently owns a Carrier

90+% high efficiency condensing gas furnace made and sold

since January 1, 1989, and former owners of these furnaces who

had a secondary heat exchanger failure. These furnaces were

sold under the brand names “Carrier,” “Bryant,” “Payne,” and

“Day & Night.” A list of the included models is available by

calling 1-866-517-2490 or going to www.FurnaceClaims.com.

Carrier will pay eligible Class members who had a secondary

heat exchanger failure up to $270 and offer an enhanced

20-year warranty on secondary heat exchangers in

their high-efficiency gas furnaces. Carrier will also provide a

technical bulletin to furnace dealers to help identify furnaces

eligible for coverage under the enhanced warranty. The settlement

doesn’t mean that any law was broken, and Carrier denies

it did anything wrong. Other benefits and more details

about the settlement can be found in a Settlement Agreement

which is available at www.FurnaceClaims.com.

You do not have to do anything to receive the

enhanced warranty. However, to request a payment for a

past secondary heat exchanger failure you must complete

and submit a claim form. You can submit a claim form at

www.FurnaceClaims.com. The claim form describes what

you must provide to prove your claim and receive a payment.

Please read the instructions carefully, fill out the claim

form, and submit it online or mail it postmarked no later than

If you don’t want to be legally bound by the settlement,

be able to start a lawsuit against Carrier on your own about

the legal claims in this case. This case does not affect personal

injury, wrongful death, or emotional distress claims. If

you exclude yourself, you can’t get any benefits from the

settlement, but you will keep your original warranty rights. If

or object.

approve the settlement, and a request by Class Counsel for

fees, costs, and expenses of up to $9,950,000. Class Counsel

will also ask for a payment of $3,500 to each Class Representative,

who helped the lawyers on behalf of the whole Class.

You or your own lawyer may ask to appear and speak at the

hearing at your own cost, but you don’t have to. For more

information, go to the website shown below.

If you own or owned a high efficiency

gas furnace, you could get benefits

from a class action settlement.

LEGAL NOTICE

www.FurnaceClaims.com 1-866-517-2490