Chinese Drywall

Judge approves settlements in Chinese drywall case

TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/ttompkins@bradenton.com
Ryan Ingle and Ryan Bentley of Foreman & Associates Construction Consuling, Inc., inspect the drywall in a Parrish home for the Herald which is in the process of being completely replaced along with all the wiring after it was found to have been built with Chinese drywall in this 2010 file photo.

The settlements will benefit more than 10,000 property owners and are estimated to be in excess of $1 billion, mostly in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

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Manatee consumers who purchased bad drywall from Lowe's see reimbursement

Consumers who purchased potentially tainted drywall from Lowe's have begun to recieve gift cards for compensation.
BUSINESS

$80 million Chinese drywall deal reached

An $80 million settlement has been reached for the victims of Chinese drywall.
BUSINESS

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CHINESE DRYWALL

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.
CHINESE DRYWALL

Drywall issues arose in 2006, court docs say

At least two builders were “panicking” in late 2006 over the smell coming from drywall they had procured from Miami-based Banner Supply, according to e-mails and letters, and the builders had isolated the problem to wallboard made by a Chinese manufacturer.