Turf Wars: New Jersey v. FieldTurf in the Case of the Defective Fields

By Melanie Dammel   The Superior Court of New Jersey’s Civil Division is reviewing a claim against a company accused of knowingly selling defective turf to more than 1,500 institutions in the State of New Jersey.   The plaintiffs (State-operated School District of the City of Newark, representing more than 100 institutions) have filed a class action lawsuit against the defendants, FieldTurf USA Inc., regarding synthetic turf fields sold between 2005 and 2016. Most of the turf fields