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Settlement reached in Gulf Chinese drywall cases

A Chinese drywall manufacturer has agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to resolve court claims by thousands of Gulf Coast property owners who say the product corroded pipes and wires and otherwise wrecked their homes, the largest settlement of its kind so far.

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Settlement reached in Gulf cases

NEW ORLEANS — A manufacturer has agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to resolve court claims by thousands of Gulf Coast property owners who say the product corroded pipes and wires and otherwise wrecked their homes …

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Default judgments entered in 2 Va cases

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – A company could be responsible for damages if a Norfolk supplier loses lawsuits that claim tainted made residents’ homes unlivable. Media outlets say circuit court judges in Norfolk and Virginia Beach entered default …

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Default judgments entered in Norfolk, Va. Beach cases

NORFOLK (AP) — A company could be responsible for damages if a Norfolk supplier loses lawsuits that claim tainted made residents’ homes unlivable. Media outlets say circuit court judges in Norfolk and Virginia Beach entered …

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Major settlement reached in portion of defective Chinese drywall cases

Maya Rodriguez / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS — Before a packed federal courtroom on Wednesday and with more than 300 people listening in by phone, a major settlement emerged in the ongoing legal battles over defective Chinese drywall. “You have to be like a dog on a bone and you don’t let go until it’s [...]

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Major settlement reached in portion of defective cases

NEW ORLEANS — Before a packed federal courtroom on Wednesday and with more than 300 people listening in by phone, a major settlement emerged in the ongoing legal battles over defective . “You have to be like a dog on a bone and …

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Broward judge allows Chinese drywall victims to pursue individual cases in state court

Many victims who have filed individual lawsuits in state court are opting out of the proposed federal court settlement, which they believe will only provide each of them with $4,000 to $6,000 – not enough to cover the cost of rebuilding their unlivable homes and to compensate them for all the damages they have suffered.

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Chinese Drywall Cases Partially Settled by Supplier InEx – BusinessWeek

April 26 (Bloomberg) — Interior/Exterior Building Supply Ltd. of Louisiana agreed to pay $8 million cash and assign $72 million in insurance rights to resolve claims by thousands of U.S. property owners whose homes were ruined by defective Chinese drywall …

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Cases We Handle at the Law Office of Richard Serpe, PC

We handle: auto accidents, motorcycle, truck accident, injuries, personal injury, chinese drywall, pedestrian and bicycle injuries, brain injury, toxic torts, joens act and maritime

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In Chinese drywall cases, uncertainty brings tears

Nearly two years after thousands of U.S. homeowners reported myriad problems attributed to tainted Chinese drywall, likely none in Mississippi has been paid for those troubles. They still live in homes with strong sulfur-like odors, where corrosion harms wiring and zaps electronics and appliances, and they worry about what the substances there are doing to [...]

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