Chinese Drywall Toxic?

In still other instances, the homeowners have walked away from a home filled with Chinese drywall. In many cases, illness, job loss, divorce or death brought about financial ruin. More often than Bonnette would like, the home is still occupied …

Tucked back in a neighborhood off of Manhattan Boulevard in Harvey are several cute homes you’d never even know about unless you turned off Manhattan onto 11th Street. Built by New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, these homes have given hard-working …

Hurricane relief organizations whose volunteers built or repaired hundreds of damaged houses after Hurricane Katrina have found they installed toxic Chinese drywall in more than 200 buildings, requiring hundreds of low-income families to move out for …

I returned to New Orleans in early 2007 and bought a flooded and gutted home. I am a senior and thought this would be a good opportunity to restore and live in the property until I was ready to sell and retire. The Chinese drywall surprise came last week …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday it has found no link between tainted Chinese drywall and the deaths of 11 people exposed to the imported drywall in Louisiana, Florida and Virginia homes. The CDC said in a report Monday that the …

In a win for plaintiffs, Fallon determined that Chinese drywall does cause a physical loss to a home because it corrodes wiring and electronics, and went on to rule that policy exclusions for latent defects, pollution dampness and pollution don’t apply.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge says a pilot program to fix homes with tainted drywall made by a major Chinese manufacturer is progressing well. At a hearing Thursday, U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon said a program to repair up to 300 homes in …

As it turns out, it was possessed — by the now infamous Chinese drywall. John and Elizabeth Jackel thought they had built their dream house. After owning the land for five years and doing a substantial amount of the work on the new house themselves, they …

TAMPA, Fla.—A federal judge in a Florida court has ordered a lawsuit brought by Chartis Inc. and subsidiary Lexington Insurance Co. concerning Chinese drywall coverage be transferred to New Orleans, where multidistrict litigation is pending. Judge Steven D.

TAMPA, Fla.—A federal judge in a Florida court has ordered a lawsuit brought by Chartis Inc. and subsidiary Lexington Insurance Co. concerning Chinese drywall coverage be transferred to New Orleans, where multidistrict litigation is pending.