Attorneys representing thousands of Gulf Coast hurricane evacuees suing manufacturers of trailers alleged to have unhealthy levels of formaldehyde claim that crucial evidence is being lost every time the Federal Emergency Management Agency reclaims one of the trailers without allowing it to be tested for the presence of the toxic substance.
Tony Buzbee of the Buzbee Law Firm in Galveston, Texas, alleges that FEMA � which purchased up to 145,000 of the trailers � has stonewalled requests for documents, denied access to trailers for formaldehyde testing and destroys evidence of formaldehyde contamination when it “deactivates” trailers after occupants leave for permanent housing. In re FEMA Trailer Formaldehyde Products Liability Litigation, No. MDL-1873 (E.D. La.).
