Wednesday 26 September 2012

Chinese drywall class actions head to Big Easy - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The , which consolidates similar cases filed in different federal courts befores asingle judge, has assigned the case to U.S. District Judgr Eldon Fallon, the paper reported. Attorneys in Southh Florida argued that Miami would be abetter location, because a majority of Chinesd drywall problems and lawsuits have occurrexd there. The problems first cropped up insouthwestr Florida’s Gulf Coast The drywall was imported following hurricanes Katrina and Wilma in after the housing boom and rebuildinb efforts created a material shortage amongb domestic suppliers. In addition to lawsuits have been filedin Louisiana, Virginis and Ohio among other states.
The Florida Department of Healtu is tracking more than 440 complaints abouy thedefective high-sulfur drywall. Such larged class action cases can have significantfeconomic impact, filling local hotep rooms with hundreds of lawyers, expert witnessex and others participating in the case.

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