Chinese Drywall Toxic?

Different day. Different court. Same result. A Norfolk Circuit Court judge entered a default judgment against the manufacturer that produced the tainted that made some local homes unlivable. It’s the second ruling in two days against …

The battle over played out in a Norfolk court Thursday. Several lawsuits across the country allege the imported puts out a sulfuric-type gas that corrodes copper wiring and can smell like rotten eggs. The judge entered a default …

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.

A judge on Thursday is to review a proposed $54.5 million settlement agreement with Banner Supply Co., the Miami-based company that supplied the corrosive Chinese drywall board in thousands of homes across Florida. While the proposed multimillion-dollar settlement might sound generous, some attorneys are questioning whether it’s enough money to truly help homeowners.

Florida courts historically have given broad application to the pollution exclusion, refusing to draw a distinction between traditional and non-traditional environmental pollution. Deni Assocs. v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Ins. Co ., 711 So. 2d 1135 (Fla …

Damages and injuries from Chinese drywall fall under a pollution exclusion endorsement on a commercial general liability policy (CGL) and an insurance company has no duty to defend its insured homebuilder against such claims, a federal court in Florida has affirmed.

Fla Court Relieves Builders Of Some Chinese Drywall Liability

A Florida court ruling made public Wednesday relieves home builders of some liability in the ongoing dispute over the use of defective Chinese drywall.

A Florida court ruling relieves home builders of some liability in the ongoing dispute over the use of defective Chinese drywall , which thousands of homeowners say has driven down home values and caused health problems. In the decision , entered Nov. 5th …

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 [...]