Insurance doesn’t cover Chinese drywall claims 
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: June 10, 2010
Tags: Chinese drywall, homeowner’s insurance
A homeowner’s insurance policy does not cover damage caused to his residence by contaminated Chinese drywall, a U.S. District Court in Virginia has ruled in granting summary judgment.
Chinese drywall class action given the green light
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: June 2, 2010
Tags: Chinese drywall, class action
Homeowners in a south Florida neighborhood have been granted class-action status in state court to sue realtors and contractors who built and sold them homes made with tainted Chinese drywall.
Drywall plaintiffs entitled to restoration of home
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: April 29, 2010
Tags: Chinese drywall, class action, product liability
Plaintiffs whose new home sustained damage due to the installation of Chinese drywall are entitled to have their property restored to its original condition, a U.S. District Court in Louisiana has ruled.
Judge awards $2.6M in Chinese drywall suit
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: April 9, 2010
Tags: Chinese drywall, product liability
A federal judge in New Orleans yesterday ruled that a Chinese company that made defective drywall must pay $2.6 million to fix seven Virginia homes. The ruling is the first in a series of bellwether trials to help determine the course of other cases.
Gov’t urges removal of all tainted drywall
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: April 5, 2010
Tags: Chinese drywall, Consumer Product Safety Commission
WASHINGTON – The best course of action for homeowners dealing with tainted imported drywall – which has been linked to health problems and corrosion – is to remove all of it, according to new remediation guidelines issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
La. judge: Exclusions don’t bar Chinese drywall claims
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 31, 2010
Tags: Chinese drywall
A Louisiana judge has rebuffed an insurance company’s use of the pollution exclusion and two other exclusions in an “all risk” homeowners insurance policy to deny claims resulting from so-called Chinese drywall.
Plaintiffs’ lawyers back legislation aimed at foreign manufacturers
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: February 26, 2010
Tags: AAJ, Chinese drywall, Consumer Products Safety Commission, defective products
Plaintiffs’ lawyers want plaintiffs to have an easier time suing foreign manufacturers for defective products.
Chinese drywall trial set to begin
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: February 15, 2010
Tags: Chinese drywall
Proceedings in the first bellwether trial in the Chinese drywall litigation are set to begin Friday in U.S. District Court in New Orleans.
Feds issue guidelines on Chinese drywall
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: Chinese drywall, Consumer Product Safety Commission, HUD
WASHINGTON – A group of federal agencies has issued guidelines designed to help homeowners identify potentially problematic drywall in their homes.
La. sues companies over tainted Chinese drywall
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 14, 2010
Tags: Chinese drywall
Louisiana’s attorney general is suing building supply manufacturers and developers over imported Chinese drywall that’s been blamed for damaging homes and sickening people.
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