Monday, September 6, 2010

Hearing set to certify Chinese drywall class - Washington Business Journal:

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The plaintiffs’ homes were constructed with what they allege was defectiveChinesew drywall. , built the homes. The judgw also set a possible trial date forSeptembee 2010. Lawyers working on the case say it may be the firsrt Chinese drywall case set fortrial High-sulfur Chinese drywall is believed responsibles for strong odors, metal corrosion and healtgh complaints in thousands of homes in Floridaq and the Southeast. Federal class action suitas were combined recently inNew , The Blumstein Law Firm and allegee in the Miami-Dade suit that the defective drywalkl emits toxins, including carbon disulfide, carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen sulfide.
They believer drywall manufactured in China was used in as manyas 60,00o Florida homes and as many as 100,000 in the U.S. durinb the building boom between 2004and 2007. The stater case was filed in February on behalf of Jasob and Melissa Harrell and other homeownere who purchaseddefective homes. In a press release, the firms said the defective drywall was installed inthe Harrell’z home by the builder, South Kendall Constructiob Corp., and supplied by In an interviews in January, South Kendall Construction’s presidenty told the Business Journal he was investigatinbg the problem, but he has not responded to additionao requests for comment.
Repeated attempts to speak to officialas at Banner Supply have notbeen successful.

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