If Chinese drywall is making your house smell like rotten eggs and your plumbing and wiring is corroding, the most practical and proven way to tackle the problem is to hire an attorney to file suit to recover damages for your Chinese drywall problems. Right now there is a large Chinese drywall MDL lawsuit filed in federal court in Louisiana for property owners nationwide. The MDL lawsuit is going forward in at a rapid pace against an importer of Chinese drywall, and the judge in the MDL has the power to actually award a judgment that would provide people who have joined that litigation with compensation to fix their houses, if the law and the evidence warrants such a judgment. This same federal judge, Edward Fallon in New Orleans, recently presided over similar MDL litigation alleging that the drug Vioxx had caused injuries and death to people all over the U.S. That MDL case reached a global settlement for $5 Billion dollars in Judge Fallon’s court.
If you have Chinese drywall (also called ” Chinese sheetrock “) in your home or business, we strongly recommend that you hire a lawyer now. We will go so far as to say the lawyer you hire doesn’t even have to be a member of our group, the Chinese Drywall Attorney Alliance. We are confident that we can do a good job representing you, but if you are a person who has a lawyer who normally reprsents you, and you have confidence in that lawyer but haven’t yet talked with him or her about Chinese drywall–what are you waiting for? We believe that politicians have (rightly) seen Chinese drywall as a serious issue that is upsetting and damaging to homeowners in their districts, and they have rightly called on the CPSC to investigate. But the well-established method for a person to recover damages caused by the wrongful act of another is to file a lawsuit, and the court has the ability to calculate your damages and award you money to replace your damaged drywall, plumbing, electrical and other building materials. Courts do that sort of thing every day. Don’t wait until your claim is among the last claims to be filed. Go ahead and call us for a free consultation at 800-509-5357 or send in a free case review form. Neither the phone call nor the case form impose any obligation on you. We will send an inspector to determine if your home has Chinese drywall and, if so, we will file suit for you in the Chinese drywall MDL. Of if you have a different lawyer you want to consult about this, please do yourself and that lawyer both a favor, and do so today.
Oh, and just so you can keep up with some of the latest information provided by the CPSC, here are some links:
Press Statement on Corrosion in Homes and Connections to Chinese Drywall, November 23, 2009
Interim Report on the Status of the Analysis of Electrical Components Installed in Homes
IEQ Assessment Residences Containing Chinese Drywall
Status Report on the Preliminary Analysis of HVAC, Gas Distribution, and Fire Safety
Mike Evans
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