After 18 months of more than 50 worldwide negotiations in New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia and Miami, as well as Frankfurt, Germany, the Honorable Judge Eldon E. Fallon of the U.S. Eastern District Court, New Orleans, Louisiana, announced that the …
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The Associated Press (AP) just reported that a federal judge awarded over $164,000 in a defective Chinese drywall case. The award was made to a family whose home was ruined by the defective home product, added the AP. The ruling was made yesterday by U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon and followed a previous ruling [...]
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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 [...]
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, awarded seven Plaintiffs $2,609,129.99 for damage to their homes in connection with the use of Chinese drywall (CDW). The suit was brought against Chinese manufacturer Taishan Gypsum Co …
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This holding found that Chinese drywall (CDW hereinafter) from Taishan was different than domestic drywall because it had significantly higher average concentrations of strontium & detectable levels of elemental sulfur. Court findings were consistent …
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