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Garry Sorrells
12-28-2010, 08:47 AM
Some New News on Chinese Drywall.
Sounds like a lot of the wrangling over Chinese Drywall may be over or not.

Distributors in Tainted Chinese Drywall Cases Listed (http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/industry-news.asp?articleID=1467413&sectionID=1519)

A list (http://projects.propublica.org/drywall/distributors) compiled by ProPublica and the Sarasota Herald Tribune and published Dec. 15 names 95 companies

Distributors - ProPublica (http://projects.propublica.org/drywall/distributors)

All the lawsuits have been transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Many homeowners feel the government is not doing enough to help them (http://www.propublica.org/article/federal-probe-of-chinese-drywall-falls-short) with the lawsuits.
Federal Probe of Chinese Drywall Falls Short - ProPublica (http://www.propublica.org/article/federal-probe-of-chinese-drywall-falls-short)


Settlements
Lawyers Drop Their Opposition to Chinese Drywall Settlement (http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/15435/chinese-drywall-china-37.html)

The average cost of remediation from the tainted drywall is reportedly about $100,000 as homeowners will need to replace electrical wires and air ventilation ducts along with the drywall.