In Re: Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation

  1. July 11, 2018

    Drywall Cos. Accused Of Hypocrisy In Decrying MDL Delay

    Chinese drywall companies facing multidistrict litigation from homeowners over their allegedly defective products shouldn't be allowed to kick 150 plaintiffs from the case as punishment for missing one deadline, as the companies themselves have caused a "nightmarish delay" in the litigation, the homeowners told a Louisiana federal court Tuesday.

  2. May 21, 2018

    Chinese Drywall MDL Cases March Toward La. Trial

    A Louisiana federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective Chinese drywall products has ordered cases covering nearly 1,000 affected properties in the state to move forward to trial in an effort to begin wrapping up the decade-long legal battle.

  3. August 23, 2017

    Homeowners Lay Out Endgame Plan In Chinese Drywall MDL

    Attorneys representing homeowners in long-running multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective drywall on Tuesday outlined their proposal for an “endgame” and blasted the plan put forth by supplier Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd., saying it would rewind the litigation back to the beginning.

  4. November 18, 2016

    Attys Must Get Paid Via Chinese Drywall MDL, Judge Says

    Counsel for plaintiffs who settled Alabama state court claims over homes built in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita with defective drywall separately from multidistrict litigation on the matter must seek payment of attorney's fees through the MDL settlement process, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Friday.

  5. August 17, 2016

    Post-Drywall Deal Homebuyers Shouldn't Collect, Court Told

    Knauf Plasterboard told a Louisiana federal judge Tuesday that an Alabama couple who bought their home after it agreed to settle for $1 billion multidistrict litigation over homes built in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita with defective drywall should not be allowed to collect from that deal.

  6. July 20, 2016

    Fees Objectors Blasted In Chinese Drywall MDL

    Residents of homes built with defective Chinese drywall after hurricanes Katrina and Rita blasted fees objectors Tuesday for seeking discovery on a nearly $193 million legal fees fund in the drywall multidistrict litigation, saying they are only promoting their own interests.

  7. May 19, 2016

    Levin Fishbein, Others Get $192.9M In Fees In Drywall MDL

    A Louisiana federal judge on Tuesday awarded nearly $193 million in fees and expenses to attorneys at Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman and other firms in multidistrict litigation representing residents of homes that were built in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita with defective Chinese drywall.

  8. March 15, 2016

    Chinese Co. Ducks MDL Claims Over Defective Drywall

    China National Building Materials Group Corp. has persuaded the Louisiana federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective drywall that it is immune under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act from claims in U.S. litigation since it is owned by a foreign government and did not make or sell the products at issue. 

  9. December 08, 2015

    Chinese Co. Fights To Duck Claims In Drywall MDL

    China National Building Materials Group Corp. continued to argue Monday that homeowners in multidistrict litigation in Louisiana federal court over allegedly defective drywall haven't shown its involvement in the sales, insisting its relationship to the Chinese companies that sold the drywall to U.S. customers is too tenuous to justify being roped into the litigation.

  10. November 30, 2015

    Homeowners Say Expert Report Too Late In Drywall MDL

    Homeowners in multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective drywall have shot back at China National Building Materials Group Corp.'s latest efforts to dismiss the claims against it, arguing that the Chinese company has tried to bring in new evidence too late.