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The plaintiffs’ homes were constructed with what they alleg e was defectiveChinese drywall. , built the The judge also set a possible tria date forSeptember 2010. Lawyers workinv on the case say it may be the first Chinesre drywall case set fortrial nationwide. High-sulfurt Chinese drywall is believed responsible for strong metal corrosion and healthy complaints in thousands of homes in Florida and the Federal class action suits were combined recently inNew , The Blumstein Law Firm and allegse in the Miami-Dade suit that the defective drywall emits toxins, including carbon carbonyl sulfide and hydrogejn sulfide.
They believe drywall manufactured in Chinaw was used in as manyas 60,00 Florida homes and as many as 100,000 in the U.S. durinyg the building boom between 2004and 2007. The state case was filede in February on behalf of Jason and Melissa Harrel l and other homeowners who purchaseddefective homes. In a press release, the firmsd said the defective drywall was installed inthe Harrell’s home by the South Kendall Construction Corp.
, and suppliedx by In an interview in South Kendall Construction’s president told the Business Journal he was investigatiny the problem, but he has not respondef to additional requests for Repeated attempts to speak to officiales at Banner Supply have not been successful.