Chinese Drywall
Judge OKs Chinese drywall settlement
NEW ORLEANS -- A Chinese drywall manufacturer would pay hundreds of millions of dollars to resolve court claims by thousands of Gulf Coast property owners who say the product wrecked their homes, under a deal that won preliminary approval from a federal judge.
Chinese Drywall
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BUSINESS
Gulf Chinese drywall suit finally settled
NEW ORLEANS -- A Chinese drywall manufacturer has agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to resolve court claims by thousands of Gulf Coast property owners who say the product corroded pipes and wires and otherwise wrecked their homes, the largest settlement of its kind so far.
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CHINESE DRYWALL
Drywall maker to reimburse home builders
NEW ORLEANS -- A settlement outlined Wednesday between a major manufacturer of Chinese-made drywall and homebuilders who used the tainted product in Florida (including Manatee County), Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi could affect anywhere from 800 to 1,500 homes, attorneys said.
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BUSINESS
The $54M Chinese drywall question
A $54 million pie awaits people whose homes were built with noxious Chinese drywall. What they don’t know -- in fact, what no one knows -- is how big a slice they will get.
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CHINESE DRYWALL
Drywall FYI
Thousands of Florida homes have reported problems that have been traced to impurities in drywall, most of it imported from China.
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BUSINESS
Settlement reached in drywall supplier lawsuit
A class action lawsuit against a Chinese drywall supplier reached a tentative settlement Tuesday with $54.5 million pledged to repair tainted Florida homes.
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CHINESE DRYWALL
Feds relent on wiring in Chinese drywall homes
MANATEE -- For more than a year, two federal agencies have urged homeowners with Chinese drywall to replace all electrical wiring when fixing their homes.
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CHINESE DRYWALL
Homebuilders’ drywall study draws criticism
MANATEE -- A homebuilders trade group released corrosive drywall guidelines Wednesday that differ from the federal government’s, leading some critics to question the latest study’s scientific soundness.
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BUSINESS
CDC: No link between drywall, 11 deaths
MANATEE -- There is no link between corrosive imported drywall and the deaths of 11 people who lived in or regularly visited homes with the tainted building product, federal health officials said Monday.
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CHINESE DRYWALL
Drywall mortgage-relief program proposed
A Connecticut man promoting a new mortgage-relief program for Chinese drywall homeowners is facing his own troubles in his drywall court case, records show.
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BUSINESS
Attorney: Fla. insurance on Chinese drywall axed
MIAMI -- Florida’s public insurance company has again reversed course on its coverage for homes with tainted Chinese drywall, telling some owners it will suspend such policies, an attorney for the victims said Monday.








