A New Orleans federal district judge has awarded $164,000 in damages to a family whose home was deemed uninhabitable because of defective Chinese drywall. The case comes on the heels of a $2.6 million award to seven Virginia homeowners earlier this month. Both cases are part of a a sprawling multidistrict litigation involving Chinese drywall, with more than 2,000 homeowners claiming that the product released toxic fumes that corroded wiring and pipes and caused health problems.
April 30, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A New Orleans federal district judge has awarded $164,000 in damages to a family whose home was deemed uninhabitable because of defective Chinese drywall.
The judgment on Tuesday was the second in a month against Chinese drywall manufacturers. The same judge, U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon, awarded $2.6 million to seven Virginia homeowners on April 8.
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