Chinese Drywall
A FEDERAL AGENCY IS READY and willing to immediately study a Chinese drywall subject that has mostly remained under the radar: the possible health effects on workers who are ripping out the tainted drywall from homes in Florida and other states.
As reports of Chinese drywall continue to increase in the Treasure Coast, one home builder has started replacing it while compensating homeowners.
About nine residents on Coverty Place in the Woodfield neighborhood off 26th Street in Vero Beach are having their homes redone by their homes' builder, Lennar Homes, to get rid of toxic Chinese drywall.
Martha Eramo, who lives on Coverty Place, realized her 2006 home had Chinese drywall about two months ago after she checked her home's air conditioning coils and found them to be corroding, she said.
Some homeowners in the California desert town of Indio are experiencing the foul odors and corrosion problems seen in homes built with Chinese drywall. But according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, their builder – Miami-based Lennar Homes – is insisting that defective Chinese drywall is not to blame.
Nevada homebuilders deny using Chinese drywall
The litigation frenzy surrounding defective Chinese drywall has hit Nevada. But some of the homebuilders and manufacturers recently named in the state's first such lawsuit say homeowners are acting out of unfounded fears.
To date, the CPSC has received about 1,174 reports from residents in 24 States and the District of Columbia who believe their health symptoms or the corrosion of certain metal components in their homes are related to the presence of drywall produced in China. State and local authorities have also received similar reports. We received our first incident report from a consumer on December 22, 2008.
By Jon Hood
ConsumerAffairs.com
Louisiana court to hear multidistrict proceeding
A number of lawsuits regarding defective Chinese-manufactured drywall have been consolidated and will be heard by a federal judge in New Orleans, the city whose post-Katrina construction boom is partly to blame for the issue.
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litgation (JPML) has assigned the newly-consolidated action to Judge Eldon Fallon.
By Eric Barton
Thursday, May. 14 2009 @ 12:23PM
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It's this way for Chinese drywall.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote this story about homeowners who are searching for who's to blame for the Chinese drywall that's wrecking their homes. In the article, I referenced this deal being offered by South Florida-based Lennar home builder, which has agreed to fix homes if homeowners won't later sue. Lennar, it seems, wasn't very happy about that part of the deal going public.
E-mails show county, state, EPA coordinated release with builder
Read the emails e-mails to state and federal officials concerning Chinese drywall and what to do about it.
E-mails - exchanged over 3 1/2 months by state and county health officials and the EPA - regarding possible dangers of Chinese drywall indicate the parties waited to coordinate with a homebuilder and its consultant on how and when to alert the public.
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