Chinese drywall suit and Chinese government agencies

[Omaha Steve]

FILE - In this May 22, 2009 file photo, Michael Hilton uses a forklift to move sheets of Chinese-made drywall onto a flat bed truck at Venture Supply, Inc. in Norfolk, Va. in preparation for disposal in a Suffolk, Va. landfill. More than a year after suing the Cabinet agency that oversees China’s biggest state-owned companies, lawyers for people who say their homes were ruined by Chinese drywall are still trying to get the lawsuit served. Arguments are scheduled in December 2015 about whether other defendants are shielded as Chinese government agencies. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File)

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/001a88717de54fa88d0b54d1e7f9b747/chinese-drywall-suit-and-chinese-government-agencies

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Sep. 7, 2015 10:36 AM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than a year after suing the Cabinet agency that oversees China's biggest state-owned companies, lawyers for people who say their homes were ruined by drywall made in China are still trying to get the lawsuit served on the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.

And six other defendants — sued, like the Cabinet agency, as parents of the company that made the drywall — say they're shielded because they're Chinese government agencies.

U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon is considering damages for as many as 4,000 homeowners who say sulfur emissions from drywall made by Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd. ruined their homes and belongings. Damages could be well over $1 billion, say attorneys for plaintiffs in Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.

Earlier this year, Taishan paid seven Virginia homeowners and their attorneys $2.7 million plus about $500,000 interest. Fallon heard arguments earlier this year about whether those figures, with modifications for costs in different areas, can form the basis for awards in a class action lawsuit.

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[Hoppy]

1. The Chinese government fucks us over... drywall, pet food.

U.S. government does nothing about it.

But god forbid, you want to buy a Cuban cigar.

[benld74]

2. Keep allowing US wages to go towards to Right to Work arena,

and this will follow in the coming years to the US shores as well. Insisting on low wages from companies, will drive said companies to cut corners wherever and whenever they can. Legal or not. Results the same. Guaranteed.