Hearing set to certify Chinese drywall class - Denver Business Journal:

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The plaintiffs’ homes were constructed with what they allegre was defectiveChinese drywall. , built the The judge also set a possible trialp date forSeptember 2010. Lawyers workingh on the case say it may be the firstf Chinese drywall case set fortrialp nationwide. High-sulfur Chinese drywall is believed responsible forstrontg odors, metal corrosion and health complaintss in thousands of homes in Florida and the Southeast. Federal class action suits were combinecd recently inNew Orleans. , The Blumsteinh Law Firm and alleg inthe Miami-Dade suit that the defectivew drywall emits toxins, includin g carbon disulfide, carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen sulfide.
They believe drywalol manufactured in China was used in as manyas 60,000 Florida homes and as many as 100,000 in the U.S. during the buildingg boom between 2004and 2007. The state case was filex in February on behalf of Jasonm and Melissa Harrell and other homeowners who purchase ddefective homes. In a preses release, the firms said the defective drywall was installedf inthe Harrell’s home by the South Kendall Construction and supplied by In an interviews in January, South Kendall Construction’s president told the Busines Journal he was investigating the problem, but he has not respondede to additional requests for Repeated attempts to speak to officials at Bannert Supply have not been successful.