Updated Chinese drywall remediation protocols were just jointly released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The guidance is geared for homeowners with problem drywall and calls for replacement of problem drywall; smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms; electrical distribution components, including receptacles, switches, [...]

There’s hope today that a global settlement of Chinese drywall lawsuits could eventually become a reality.  A settlement has been reached in the massive Chinese drywall litigation in New Orleans by which a pilot remediation program will be launched. Under the pilot program, Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co., a major Chinese drywall manufacturer, as well as [...]

A deal to begin paying some of the thousands of victims of toxic Chinese drywall may be near, if a persistent federal judge has his way today. On Tuesday in New Orleans, U.S. Judge Eldon Fallon will bring together major defendants in several consolidated multi-district litigations with the sole intent of nearing terms of a [...]

How about a gift card for all the damage toxic fumes from Chinese drywall have done to your home?  Well, that’s apparently what retailer Lowe’s is offering in a proposed class action lawsuit settlement.  Under the settlement proposal, plaintiffs would receive Lowe’s gift cards in amounts ranging from $50 to $2,000 if it is adopted. [...]

A victory for tainted wallboard victims in Florida. Last Friday, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court jury awarded Chinese drywall plaintiffs, Lisa and Armin Seifart, $2.4 million for their home damage in the first U.S. jury trial involving defective Chinese drywall. The jury deemed Miami-based Banner Supply Co. was 55 percent responsible and Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co., [...]

The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission has finally released the names of drywall manufacturers whose wallboard emitted high levels of hydrogen sulfide in testing conducted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). There is a strong affiliation between hydrogen sulfide and metal corrosion. Of the products tested, all top ten reactive sulfur-emitting drywall samples were made [...]

U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon has finalized judgments against Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co. Ltd. and Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd. in the anxiously awaited Chinese drywall litigation in New Orleans federal court. Under federal rules, the drywall manufacturers have 30 days to appeal the judgments. If no appeal is made, the judgments stand. Both judgments [...]

U.S. District Court Judge Eldon E. Fallon has ruled the owners of seven Virginia homes contaminated with toxic Chinese drywall deserve $2.6 million. Judge Fallon, overseeing Chinese drywall multidistrict litigation (MDL) in New Orleans, also ordered that plaintiffs’ homes be gutted down to the studs and that the owners should be compensated for personal property [...]

It’s inevitable this would happen. New Chinese drywall guidelines compiled by the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Department of Housing and Human Development (HUD) are frustrating for homeowners who have already completed home repairs. What if the work did not comply with the new federal remediation process? Since late 2008, the CPSC has [...]

The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD) have released a statement concerning  homes that contain toxic Chinese drywall. They must be gutted. Not only does the toxic drywall need replacing, but also electrical components, wiring, gas service piping, fire sprinkler systems, carbon monoxide alarms and smoke alarms. The [...]