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Find Homes With Tainted Drywall

2011-03-19T23:29:00.000-04:00

When the Consumer Product Safety Commission provided data in October, the agency said it had received fewer than 3,500 reports of tainted drywall. ProPublica and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune compiled a list of addresses from county property appraiser data and records in consolidated lawsuitsfiled in New Orleans federal court and found nearly twice that number: around 6,900 homes. Related story »

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Frequently Asked Questions in the Drywall Litigation

2011-03-19T23:20:00.000-04:00

http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/Drywall/DrywallFAQ.htm
http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/Drywall/Transcripts/Transcripts.htm
http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/Drywall/MinuteEntries/ME.htm
http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/Drywall/Orders/Orders.htm
http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/Drywall/Calendar.htm
http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/Drywall/Contacts/Contacts.htm

Stories and Legal Documents Related to the Chinese Drywall

2011-03-19T22:53:00.000-04:00

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Ervin Gonzalez Objects to Victor Diaz Chinese Drywall Settlement?

2011-03-19T22:16:00.000-04:00

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Joseph Farina has overruled objections and approved a $1.8 million settlement in a Chinese drywall class action with Homestead homeowners.

Farina approved more than $2.9 million in attorney fees and costs to close the case.

Ervin Gonzalez of Colson Hicks Eidson in Coral Gables tried at a Feb. 4 hearing to scuttle the settlement on behalf of 29 of the 79 members in the suit between Keys Gate homeowners and Banner Supply, distributor of the defective drywall.

Farina recognized in the order that many homeowners wanted to opt out of the settlement because personal injury, bodily injury and medical-monitoring claims were never asserted in the complaint.

However, he said the settlement language defined released claims as "any and all causes of action, damages or injuries arising from or related to defective drywall."

This was the exact language used in a separate settlement involving other defendants in the same class action, Farina noted. South Kendall Construction, Palm Isles Holdings and Keys Gate Realty worked out their $6.6 million settlement first, and Farina said the appropriate time to raise an objection on illness claims was at that settlement hearing last July.

"Objecting to this principle now, for the first time, is not timely — particularly when counsel for the objectors was among those attorneys who signed" the initial settlement, Farina stated in the order.

Gonzalez said that while he appreciated the judge's willingness to hear homeowners' concerns, they would appeal.

"We feel it's a matter of great importance that should be decided by a court of higher authority," he said. "We think it's a matter of first impression in the state of Florida."

Farina noted homeowner concerns about bodily injury are prospective and unconfirmed at this time because no scientific proof has been produced showing the tainted drywall causes illness.

The judge did suggest homeowners still have recourse to pursue bodily injury claims. Banner Supply is suing Knauf Plasterboard, the Chinese manufacturer, and homeowners could attach their claims to that suit.

He said health claims also could be made before a New Orleans federal judge presiding over multi-district litigation.

A couple things -- it's pretty unusual to see a release of personal injury claims in a suit for economic injury arising out of property damage.

And of course the Judge is right that class members could assert personal injury claims in other forums, such as in New Orleans, but to do so they would have to opt out of the settlement and therefore not receive any of the benefits for a case that had been only about property damage.

It's also interesting that the Court apparently certified a class -- for settlement purposes only -- that presumably included individual personal injury claims. I wonder whether those claims were valued in the settlement and, if so, how much?

(That doesn't mean the settlement is not proper btw).

As for lateness, the Judge notes Ervin was a signatory to a prior settlement with other defendants that also included an identical release of personal injury claims.

Now that's where it gets interesting -- perhaps the back story begins right there?
Ervin Gonzalez Objects to Victor Diaz Chinese Drywall Settlement?

Chinese drywall was not properly treated to remove fecal waste

2009-10-26T22:43:00.001-04:00

According to attendees at the National Training and
Certification Conference on Chinese or Defective Drywall in
America, Spiderman S. Mulholland, CIEC CMA EDICA CMR of
USBCI/USBLI announced his preliminary findings - the water
source used in the manufacturing process of Chinese drywall
was not properly treated to remove fecal waste. Spiderman
then unveiled a treatment to be used after the affected
property is deconstructed. Stay tuned for expert reaction to
Spiderman's findings.

Estimates of >60,000 homes in Florida are potentially affected

2009-10-12T20:23:00.000-04:00

"The problematic drywall, imported between 2004 and 2006, appears to be related to the presence of iron disulfide (FeS2 pyrite). Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbonyl sulfide, sulfur dioxide (SO2), and carbon disulfide (CS2) are also suspected as culprit.

There are also reports of Chinese drywall that was kept on barges at sea for months awaiting permission for importation to the USA. This drywall appears to have a higher than typical density and also a higher propensity to off-gas sulfur compounds."

Is your Community in the List?

2009-10-12T16:44:00.003-04:00

Maybe you do not know, check the list here and if you know a new one please write it down.

CENTERLINE HOMES

briella

boynton beach, florida

cobblestone

boynton beach, florida

georgetown

lauderhill, florida

Promenade at tradition

st. lucie, florida

GL HOMES

canyon isles

boynton beach, florida

sunset falls

miramar, florida

long lakes ranch west

davie, florida

LENNAR HOMES

woodside homes

vero beach, florida

MERITAGE HOMES

moody river estates

cape coral, florida

NORTHSTAR HOMES

cobblestone creek

boynton beach, florida

STANDARD PACIFIC

cobblestone

pembroke pines, florida

julia gardens

coconut creek, florida

venetian village

FL Senator Bill Nelson Demands Chinese Drywall Ban

2009-10-11T22:58:00.000-04:00

ABC News Video

2009-10-11T22:53:00.003-04:00

This video show you the reality and now what is the next step?

ABC News Video

Video Wink News

2009-10-11T22:46:00.000-04:00

House with Chinese Drywall

2009-10-11T22:25:00.009-04:00

You can easy see how the Chinese Drywall is working every day with your home, I do not want to think how it is working in other areas? Can you imagine how will be your house in 5 years? tell everybody your point of view.

This is what happed with Chinese Drywall

2009-10-11T22:05:00.001-04:00

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This is what happed with Chinese Drywall

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Chinese Drywall

2009-10-11T20:42:00.003-04:00

This is a real history about what's happening with the consequences about Chinese Drywall in America, Please Read and tell us your situation.