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.
Broward County Circuit Judge Charles Greene, ruled that victims of defective Chinese drywall can file a separate lawsuit against the Miami-based distributor Banner Supply Co. if they are not satisfied with the $54 million Banner class settlement.
A Florida building supply company, Banner Supply Co., filed a lawsuit against the drywall manufacturer Knauf Gips.
Cape Coral city officals are waiving building permit fees that are associated with repairing homes with defective chinese drywall which could potentially save homeowners hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees.
A Chinese drywall class-action lawsuit was settled for $54.5 million, which will cover the remediation of 2,000 to 3,000 homes in Florida. The lawsuit was settled with Miami based Banner Supply Co.
Eight months into the Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Chinese drywall pilot program with 14 homes completed and 77 more said to be completed or under construction by the end of June.
A Hillsborough County Circuit Judge ruled that a family’s home damaged by the defective Chinese drywall should be covered by their homeowners insurance policy.
Lauderhill, Florida woman whose Chinese drywall home was part of the Knauf pilot program, moves back into her home after remediation is complete.
The first home in the Chinese drywall pilot program, agreed to by drywall manufacturer Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin, has begun its scheduled remediation today in Lauderhill, Florida.
