First Chinese drywall trial: Jury awards Florida couple $2.4 million in damages

First Chinese drywall trial: Jury awards Florida couple $2.4 million in damages

Class-action status certified in Chinese drywall lawsuit; should speed process for plaintiffs

Class-action status is significant legally, in that plaintiffs (those who suffered harm) can benefit by being considered a “class” or a group rather than having to file a lawsuit for each home affected. This “class-action” status obviously alleviates administrative burdens on the court system as well.

A look at how Judge Fallon arrived at $2.6 million in damages for Virginia plaintiffs

Chinese drywall – Once all the potentially affected components have been removed and the house has been aired out and cleansed, the property is subject to certification. An engineering company must certify the home is habitable.

$2.6M Chinese drywall ruling for 7 Hampton Roads, Virginia homeowners

A Chinese drywall ruling was made on Thursday, April 8, by U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon in New Orleans, awarding seven Virginia homeowners $2.6 million in damages.

The seven Virginia homeowners were chosen as representatives of homes affected by the toxic Chinese drywall across the country- one Virginia Beach family, two in Newport News, and four in Williamsburg.

Judge seeks to avoid delays in Chinese multidistrict litigation

One aspect of the Chinese drywall litigation underway in New Orleans becoming increasingly frustrating to the plaintiffs and their attorneys is the technically muddled, international and political composition of arguably applicable treaties, conventions, and jurisdictional assertions. In short, recovering money damages from Chinese-owned defendants requires navigation down a legal path fraught with more hurdles than would be the case when seeking to recover from U.S. counterparts.

The economic costs of defective drywall: Bodily injuries

Bodily injuries are currently difficult to project monetarily speaking, due to the fact that establishing a link between the Chinese drywall and actual injuries will require further research. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is currently conducting tests to attempt to either establish, or dispel – such a link.

Chinese drywall: the cost to our country

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), more than 500 million pounds of drywall was imported from China between 2004 and 2007 – of which was installed in about 100,000 homes across the country. As of late July, 608 reports have been received by the CPSC in 21 different states.