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"The History of Chinese Drywall"
Fall 2010 - Chinese drywall manufacturer Knauf commits to remediating U.S. 300 homes November 2010 - this consortium found tainted drywall in home built in 2009 later than reported by CPSC August 2010 - Chinese Drywall Settlement Talks Get Serious~ But Odd Cases Cloud Class Action… Judge Eldon Fallon in several high-profile "bellwether" cases tried in Federal court in New Orleans, Louisiana, have established a set of accepted facts, as well as some broad principles of law for other courts to follow in Chinese drywall litigation. Now, Fallon has called lawyers for all the various parties in the combined cases into his courtroom and is telling the attorneys to get to work on a comprehensive settlement. Since
January 2010 - Thus
far this consortium has found confirmed Chinese Drywall in: News note: Dateline July 2010 Habitat for Humanity announced that Chinese Sheetrock was used in Katrina renovation and construction…in their homes. May 2010 - manufacturers of Tainted Drywall ID'd April
2010
- Interim Remediation Protocol, prepared by
HUD and CPSC, CPSC staff report on drywall emissions by Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory and EHE bacteria study. April
2010
- United States federal judge Eldon Fallon
dropped a bombshell on the Chinese drywall sector in a ruling that
could require intervention of the Chinese and United States governments
as the repair bill for homes damaged by the presence of the building
material may reach billions of dollars. January 2010 - Interim Identification Protocol, prepared by HUD and CPSC, to help homeowners identify if they have problem drywall. http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_4228.pdf December
2009
- HUD asks mortgagors to provide relief to
stricken homwowners November 2009 - This consortium, under the umbrella of the Texas Professional Real Estate Inspectors Association, becomes aware of this issue and begins research and search for local cases November 2009 - Results of CPSC's 51-home study which shows a strong association between homes with problem drywall, the levels of hydrogen sulfide in those homes and corrosion of metals in those homes. In addition, CPSC's General Counsel provided guidance to Congress and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on the possible applicability of the casualty loss provision in the Internal Revenue Code for affected homeowners. October
2009
- Initial results on three studies of Chinese
and non-Chinese drywall: Elemental and chemical tests on drywall found the presence of elemental sulfur in Chinese drywall but not in non-Chinese drywall. The tests also showed higher concentrations of strontium in Chinese drywall than in non-Chinese drywall. Chamber studies showed that Chinese drywall emits volatile sulfur compounds at a higher rate than U.S. made drywall. The study found that sulfur gases were either not present or were present in only limited or occasional concentrations inside the homes, and only when outdoor levels of sulfur compounds in the air were elevated. Fall
2009
- Attention: October 2009 - CPSC investigated every 2009 import with a possible connection to imported Chinese drywall and confirmed that no new gypsum drywall was imported from the beginning of 2009. CPSC staff set up mechanisms to detect any possible future imports and has continued to investigate any and all suspected drywall imports. CPSC sent notices to the warehouses where any remaining Chinese drywall is stored informing them of CPSC's ongoing investigation and informing them that the warehouses should notify CPSC if they sell, transport, or dispose of any drywall from their inventory. August 2009 - Testing conducted by federal and state agency radiation laboratories, which found no radiation safety risk to families in homes built with drywall. US District Court Eastern District of Louisiana - Judge Eldon Fallon MDL 2047 Chinese manufactured drywall products liability litigation http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/Drywall/Introduction.htm History of Court Actions on Chinese Drywall - http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/Drywall/Drywall.htm 2007 - CPSC becomes involved along with HUD, but it is two years prior to any testing or protocols are produced 2001-2007 The Florida Department of Health struggles with identification and source of this issue |
