U.S. District Judge Fallon has announced a Chinese drywall settlement agreement with the German manufacturer Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co., which means that thousands of Gulf Coast homeowners will be able to have their homes repaired.
A settlement between the drywall manufacturer Knauf Group and homebuilders who used defective Chinese drywall will result in hundreds of homes being repaired in Gulf states.
A Vestavia Hills, AL family finds defective Chinese drywall in their Liberty Park home.
US District Judge Fallon says pilot program to fix 300 homes in Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi built with defective Chinese drywall. The manufacturer of the drywall Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co., has already inspected and chosen 80 homes to be repaired.
Chinese drywall manufacturer Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin settlement: Knauf will repair up to 300 homes in the states of Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
In a recent development regarding the Chinese drywall trials (and the issue as a whole for that matter ) a Chinese manufacturer has settled its first suit – Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co. settled just days ago, on Friday. Read the source article, from CBS, here.
AL.com recently reported that more than 400 homes in the metro Birmingham area are affected by Chinese drywall. This has led to a large number of lawsuits, as well as a federal consumer products probe. As you can see, Alabama is having just as many Chinese drywall problems as other southern states including Florida and [...]
After months of scientific testing, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released the results of its investigation Thursday. The results: federal investigators found higher than normal levels of sulfur and strontium in Chinese drywall samples. As a caveat, the report did not conclusively link the health problems and reported damages that thousands of U.S. homeowners have reported to the agency with the drywall directly. Instead of an outright assertion, the CPSC said additional testing was needed and that a new report should be released at some point in November.
The America’s Watchdog group is currently investigating the corrosion of air-conditioning coils, specifically appealing to residents living in Florida since 2002. The Group noted, “air conditioning coils are supposed to last for 15 years, yet they fail in Florida homes with toxic Chinese drywall once every two years, once a year, or even once every six months…If a homeowner in Florida, lies in a home with toxic Chinese drywall, we want you to call us if you have lost more than two air conditioning coils.”
In a pre-trial hearing in New Orleans, United States District Judge Eldon Fallon ruled against Chinese drywall manufacturer, Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd., because the company failed to respond to a suit filed by an Alabama homebuilder.
