Posted on 11/16/2016 8:22:51 PM PST by nickcarraway
Chinese drywall was the bane of Floridians after the hurricanes of the 2004-2005 seasons.
Sounds like she may have a case. At very least, she should get a settlement out of it. Terrible her husband’s lung sensitivity was apparently not taken seriously.
These developers have no clue whether or not there is Chinese drywall in their buildings
“Sounds like she may have a case. “
http://www.law360.com/articles/460856/fla-woman-sues-over-chinese-drywall-in-condo
I think they have a case but I don’t see him getting cancer from CDW in the one year time frame.
Folks, this is a real thing. The plumbing and wiring in hundreds of thousands of new homes have been corroded into scrap metal due to Chinese drywall made from gypsum that contained large amounts of sulfur.
I can totally believe someones lungs could be wrecked by chemicals powerful enough to wreck wiring and plumbing.
What’d you do sniff it growing up?
That’s truly horrifying. Was it uniformly used across the country or are certain areas more at risk?
I hate to keep saying Trump will take care of this like he’s a superhero, but he will!!
“are certain areas more at risk?”
Mostly the Gulf states...during the rebuild after the hurricanes
The whole Chinese drywall scandal is awful in multiple ways.
But I would like to see some serious science that indicates the toxins in the drywall could cause stage 4 lung cancer in that short of a time period.
I know the drywall is/was bad, but I’ve never heard of anything causing advanced cancer that quickly.
But that part aside, if the developer lied about the drywall, as he appeared to do, then he still needs to be sued.
Oh brother.
Sicilian drywall
gypsum is =
HYDRATED CALCIUM SULFATE
IF IT DID NOT HAVE SULFUR IT WOULD NOT BE GYPSUM!
The other half of this is that during that time the Gulf states were flooded with illegals running fly by night companies...almost all of them were roofing and drywall. They are LONG gone!!!
Let me guess. The government gave them the contracts?
or was it individuals?
Bump
The general contractors working for the developers were hiring the illegal drywall and roofing companies because they were cutting everyone else’s pricing...mostly because they were not carrying workers comp and other business insurance.
Like I said..this is another downside to illegal immigration.
The developers and the GC’s made a killing.
Geez...as if it needed another downside. Disgusting.
We are ALL capitalists here. Being a Capitalist DOES NOT mean having no scruples.
When I had my vending machine route, I threw away candy on the day it expired.
I know other animals that used candy many months after.
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