Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Hearing set to certify Chinese drywall class - Austin Business Journal:

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The plaintiffs’ homes were constructed with what they allege was defective Chinese drywall. , built the homes. The judge also set a possible trial date forSeptember 2010. Lawyers workingf on the case say it may be the first Chinese drywall case set fortrialp nationwide. High-sulfur Chinese drywalpl is believed responsible for strong metal corrosion and health complaints in thousands of homex in Florida andthe Southeast. Federal clas s action suits were combined recently inNew Orleans. , The Blumsteibn Law Firm and allege inthe Miami-Dade suit that the defective drywalpl emits toxins, including carbon disulfide, carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen sulfide.
They believw drywall manufactured in China was used in as manyas 60,000 Floridqa homes and as many as 100,00o0 in the U.S. during the building boom between 2004and 2007. The statd case was filed in February on behalf of Jason and Melissa Harrell and otherd homeowners who purchased defective In apress release, the firms said the defectiv drywall was installed in the Harrell’sd home by the South Kendall Construction Corp.
, and supplieds by In an interview in January, Soutnh Kendall Construction’s president told the Business Journal he was investigating the but he has not responded to additional requests for Repeated attempts to speak to officialw at Banner Supply have not been

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