Chinese Drywall Toxic?

MANATEE — A lawsuit involving four Manatee County homes is the latest salvo in the legal battle over Chinese drywall, which is about to go on trial for the first time next week. Taylor Woodrow Homes and Taylor Morrison Homes are suing Scottsdale …

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North Pacific Group, once Oregon’s third-largest private company, is seeking court approval to sell portions of its assets in an estimated $25 million deal that could save 100 jobs. It’s likely to be the first of several deals as the beleagured …

MANATEE — Gov. Charlie Crist should order the first step toward a possible disaster declaration over corrosive Chinese drywall, U.S.

Thousands of Southwest Florida homes were built with smelly, defective Chinese drywall. One of those homeowners wants the governor to declare a state of emergency

CAPE CORAL : Thousands of Southwest Florida homes were built with smelly, defective Chinese drywall. One of those homeowners wants the governor to declare a state of emergency.

By AARON KESSLER Editor’s note: This is the first of three stories It is fitting that the massive litigation moving forward on contaminated Chinese drywall should be heard in New Orleans.

Chinese drywall lawsuits will start heading to court shortly after the new year. According to the Miami Herald, one of the first could involve a Homestead, Florida couple who sued South Kendall Construction, Palm Holdings, Keys Gate Realty and Banner Supply in March.

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton is one of about 2,100 plaintiffs named in a class-action lawsuit against a Chinese manufacturer of drywall that has allegedly damaged homes and sickened residents. Payton is listed as the lead plaintiff for the suit filed Wednesday against Knauf Plasterboard Tainjin Co., but the coach’s case isn’t expected to be the first tried in federal …

Seven families from Hampton Roads will represent the nation in the first federal defective Chinese drywall civil trial.