Chinese Drywall by the Numbers

June 5th, 2009. By admin

15,000 minimum number of Florida-based plaintiffs seeking relief from defective Chinese drywall damage (news-press.com, 5/11/09)

150 number of product liability claim lawsuits filed (news-press.com, 5/11/09)

2 million dollars: the amount requested as emergency funding for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to conduct tests on the imported Chinese drywall (PalmBeachPost.com, 5/22/09); The request was declined by US Senators at this time, however the CPSC was directed to use money from its current budget to fund the investigation;  

2 number of countries currently reporting issues with Chinese drywall—the US and Bahamas (Sarasota Herald Tribune, 6/4/09)

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Tags: chinese drywall, defective drywall

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