Chinese Drywall Toxic?

A federal judge in New Orleans ruled last week that a Chinese manufacturer of noxious drywall owes seven Virginia homeowners $2.6 million to replace the offending material and all other affected building fixtures. Thousands of similar cases could be on the way. Do Chinese companies need to worry? As a practical matter, probably not. “In [...]

NEW ORLEANS – An expert in building diagnostics at Buric testified in a lawsuit heard in U.S. District Court in New Orleans about the potential dangers of Chinese drywall. Ron E.

NewswireToday – /newswire/ – New Orleans, LA, United States, 03/03/2010 – An expert in building diagnostics at Buric testified in a lawsuit heard in U.S. District Court in New Orleans about the potential dangers of Chinese drywall

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 …

Law360, New York (January 19, 2010) — Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

The Trustee for the WCI Chinese Drywall Trust has filed suit against 14 insurance companies in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, seeking indemnification for losses arising from claims for the development and sale of homes allegedly …

By AARON KESSLER Second of three stories If the victims of contaminated Chinese drywall have a hope of relief, it is likely U.S. District Court Judge Eldon E

NEW ORLEANS, LA — A federal class-action lawsuit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Orleans against Knauf Plasterboard Tainjin Co. Ltd., a Chinese company that manufactured drywall homeowners believe is corroding their homes and …

The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center says,”it’s absolutely imperative, that homeowners who have a specific type of drywall, called Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin, in their new homes, built since 2004, get identified by December 2nd 2009, because of a US Federal Court ruling.” The group is saying, “because of this court ruling, it is critically important that we get the word out, to any US homeowner …

A Federal Court has endorsed a class action lawsuit against a Chinese drywall-producing company. The lawsuit is quickly moving toward a trial in U.S