A recent news piece reveals that Chinese drywall may have gotten as far as Las Vegas when it was imported and installed into new homes nationwide. Homeowners have cited the now standard signs of it having been used for the development of their dwellings and inspectors have begun investigating A Chinese drywall class action lawsuit
While many members of the state and federal government have been discussing tax rebates for those who have Chinese drywall in their homes, it is not an open and shut situation for those wishing to make claims. Instead, it can be a long and tedious uphill battle with mixed results. WPBF of Florida recently featured
Tests have confirmed that while the faulty Chinese wallboard may be toxic and harmful to the health of those people whose homes are lined with the stuff, Chinese drywall is not radioactive. As a precaution, the government carried out tests to insure that the material is not even more dangerous than it already is and
WBRZ News 2 features the story of how a Livingston Parish homeowner with Chinese drywall may receive some help from a builder. swagit_player_client = “wbrz”; swagit_player_width = 320; swagit_player_height = 240; swagit_player_format = “320x240_refid”; swagit_player_refid = “08182009-3”; Launch Video Player Window
In brief, from the Palm Beach Post: Florida Atlantic University’s School of Architecture plans to begin offering training classes for workers and supervisors who are going to be removing Chinese drywall from homes. According to a flyer by the school, two courses – a one-day worker safety awareness class, and a supplemental two-day supervisor and
The Wall Street Journal reports that government officials will be visiting China to investigate drywall manufacturing sites to better understand the problem occurring in homes across the United States. The report states U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission officials have received approval to visit several sites in China later this month to investigate problems with imported
It looks like the MDL proceedings dealing with Chinese drywall will be moving along quite quickly, or is at least planned to be according to the judge in charge. Meeting with attorneys, with attorney Jeffrey Berniard in attendance, Judge Fallon notified both sides that the litigation would be moving forward and that he hoped to
Perhaps one of the saddest recent stories coming out of the Chinese drywall disaster is the following, where the poor and elderly have been kicked out of their homes as a result of the buildings being built with the faulty wallboard. The News Inferno reports Dozens of low-income elderly people are being evicted from a
Beginning with the unfortunately typical story of a family looking for a new home to raise their family, the Wall Street Journal’s poignant piece on the uphill battle faced by families dealing with Chinese drywall brings more attention to the unfortunate situation. The piece opens Shortly after buying their home in Cape Coral, Fla., in
The MDL has decided on the steering committees for the Chinese drywall lawsuit and while they did not include the Berniard Law Firm, our firm is in a key position to be highly involved as pretrial motions go on in the city of New Orleans. U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon appointed 14 different attorneys
Jeffrey Berniard is a specialized injury attorney with over 21 years of experience fighting for Louisiana families.