The Louisiana Recovery Authority has given its final approval to creation of a $5 million program to help some homeowners rehabilitate property with Chinese drywall problems. The program will require legislative and federal approvals before it can begin. The aid …
Federal investigators have been unable to prove a definite link between imported Chinese drywall and home damage and health issues. But they aren’t done investigating. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said that the problems with the Chinese manufactured home product …
China is helping American officials investigate reports of contaminated Chinese drywall after thousands of American homeowners complained the building material made them sick or damaged their houses, a top U.S. safety official said. Consumer Products Safety Commission Chairman Inez Tenenbaum …
James and Maria Ivory’s dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida’s Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes. It got worse when …
Unless you live in Florida or Louisiana, or regularly read the Insurance Journal, you may only now being hearing about the latest mass tort craze: Chinese-Manufactured Drywall (often simply referred to as “Chinese Drywall”). The property damage and personal injury …
Plans are moving ahead in Louisiana to create a $5 million program to help homeowners rehabilitate and repair property with Chinese drywall problems. State lawmakers required the Louisiana Recovery Authority to devise the program, and the recovery authority’s board gave …
State and federal officials say homeowners shouldn’t worry about radioactivity from Chinese drywall. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Florida Department of Health to test drywall samples for phosphogypsum, or calcium sulfate. …
General liability carriers specializing in contractor insurance for builders and drywall subs are “sweating it out” over the potentially massive claims dollars that could be paid out in litigation, settlement, and adverse jury verdicts arising from Chinese drywall. However, due …
Judge Eldon E. Fallon of the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana will oversee the thousands of lawsuits brought over allegedly defective drywall made in China. A special panel on multi-district litigation ordered on June 15 that …
Five Hampton Roads homeowners are seeking more than $5 million in a lawsuit filed against a local developer, a distributor and a Chinese drywall manufacturer. The homeowners claim the companies were negligent for selling the drywall and not warning customers …