Mealey's (October 27, 2022, 3:59 PM EDT) -- FORT MYERS, Fla. — Plaintiffs should be given the opportunity to prove that they are entitled to punitive damages and that a previous award of $6 million in punitive damages, which was not fully paid in a subsequent post-trial settlement, was not enough to punish or deter the manufacturers of defective Chinese drywall, a federal magistrate judge in Florida found in recommending the denial in part and granting in part of the manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment in a consolidation of 25 cases....