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.
As we reported yesterday, the first of the Chinese drywall trials in federal court (Eastern District of Louisiana, Multi District Litigation), is scheduled to start February 19, 2010. That trial though, is only pertinent to the Chinese-owned manufacturer, Taishan Gypsum.
Sen. Mark Warner, beside the top consumer safety official in the nation, toured homes built with Chinese drywall on Monday, according to the Virginia Pilot. The primary takeaway point from the tour was the economic implications of remediation.
The Nguyen family of Virginia Beach was visited by Congressman Nye regarding Chinese Drywall.
About two months prior the Dunaway family found out that their home contained dozens of sheets of defective Chinese Drywall. Chinese-made drywall has been the center of many homeowner complaints across the country.
Wavy.com takes a sample of Chinese drywall to Old Dominion University of Norfolk, VA to have it tested against US made drywall. Watch the live report here!
Virginia Beach Family tells WVEC 13 that their home contains Toxic Chinese drywall from Venture Supply, a Norfolk based supplier.
Our toxic drywall lawyers recently assisted a homeowner in an investigation of Chinese-made drywall. The home was built by Furtura Group, who installed contaminated wallboard from Ventura Supply Inc.
