Chinese Drywall Toxic?

NEW ORLEANS – Less than 24 hours before a potentially historic tainted drywall case was to commence — one that will determine the procedures for fixing houses — the Chinese company that was to provide the manufacturers’ defense shocked …

A s you ring the bell at 1098 Wolfe Ave. in Vancouver, its Jetsons -theme-music chime suggests you’re in for a bit of a show.

A federal judge in New Orleans presiding over a lawsuit on local homes built with tainted Chinese-made drywall has ruled against a plan by a manufacturer to use retrofitted air conditioners as a way to help fix the homes. U.S. District Judge Eldon E …

The first federal trial in the nationwide Chinese drywall controversy was set to open Feb. 19 in New Orleans, with hundreds of millions in remediation dollars on the line.

Palm Beach County homeowners with defective Chinese drywall are now eligible to get their property appraisals cut by almost three-quarters. Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits said that homeowners with “verifiable documentation” that their property …

The first test case in the national litigation over C hinese-manufactured drywall is about to get under way in U.S. District Court in New Orleans as seven families from Virginia seek to be compensated for the cost of repairing corrosion in their …

WEST PALM BEACH — Palm Beach County homeowners with defective Chinese drywall are now eligible to get their property appraisals cut by almost three-quarters.

TALLAHASSEE — State Rep. Adam Fetterman, D-Port St. Lucie, has introduced legislation in the House that would create a task force to determine what needs to be done regarding any potential harmful health and housing impacts of Chinese drywall.

The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center wants to hear about the health conditions of homeowners or their family members if they live in a home with confirmed toxic Chinese drywall or defective/toxic US-made drywall. The medical information the group …

North Pacific Group, once Oregon’s third-largest private company, is seeking court approval to sell portions of its assets in an estimated $25 million deal that could save 100 jobs. It’s likely to be the first of several deals as the beleagured …