A Broward County judge has ordered a Miami-based distributor of tainted Chinese drywall to fully disclose the details of its insurance policy, as well as the company’s assets, to help South Florida homeowners decide whether or not to partake in a $54.5 …
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A $54 million pie awaits people whose homes were built with noxious Chinese drywall. What they don’t know — in fact, what no one knows — is how big a slice they will get. A federal judge hearing the massive class-action lawsuit approved the preliminary …
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A Florida building supply company is suing a German conglomerate for $100 million over defective Chinese drywall installed in tens of thousands of homes, many of them in Florida. Banner Supply Co. charged in the lawsuit filed Friday in New Orleans federal …
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Last month’s $54.5 million settlement by a Miami-based Chinese drywall supplier might not be such a sweet deal for those affected, according to at least two local attorneys pushing for more transparency in the process. At issue: How much money will end …
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It was nice to see another sign of relief for victims of tainted Chinese drywall. Last week, it was proposed that Miami’s Banner Supply Co. — or more precisely its insurers — pay $55 million to settle claims by homeowners over the tainted drywall that …
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A class-action lawsuit against a Chinese drywall supplier reached a tentative settlement Tuesday, with $54.5 million pledged to repair tainted Florida homes. Banner Supply, a Miami company that sold 1.4 million sheets of Chinese drywall to builders in …
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The agency studied 11 homes which their owners said were built with U.S.-made drywall but which are exhibiting problems typically associated with Chinese drywall . The report said drywall in five of the houses was “consistent with problem drywall,” which …
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The National Association of Home Builders is scheduled to publicly release its own testing and remediation guidelines for Chinese drywall on Wednesday. But the report, obtained by the Herald-Tribune, is already coming under fire from some experts for …
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NEW ORLEANS — Federal regulators are no longer advising people to replace the electrical wiring in homes containing tainted Chinese drywall after a study found no safety hazard if the wiring is left in place. The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the …
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THE NEW ORLEANS BRANCH OF Habitat for Humanity has agreed to buy back one of its homes built with contaminated Chinese drywall in the high-profile Musicians’ Village neighborhood. Brian Morgan, a classical organist and former Catholic monk, first spoke to …
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