Tag Archives: Chinese-made drywall
Chinese Drywall MDL Awards Plaintiffs $2.6 Million
PHILADELPHIA–-April 12, 2010–On April 8, Judge Fallon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, awarded seven Plaintiffs $2,609,129.99 for damage to their property, personal property, compensatory damages and the loss of their use and enjoyment of their homes, against Defendant Taishan in Germano, et al. v. Taishan Gypsum Co., Ltd., et [...]
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Recent CPSC Recommendations on Chinese Drywall Discussed at HB’s New Orleans Conference on May 18th
PHILADELPHIA – April 6, 2010 – Insurance disputes continue over who will bare the brunt of remediation costs for the removal of Chinese drywall from impacted homes. “Often times, the coverage available to home owners, builders, and contractors is not only a function of policy terms but also the court’s interpretation of the policy. Therefore, [...]
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Chairman Selected for Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Coverage Program
PHILADELPHIA – March 8, 2010 – Insurance disputes continue to mount over who ultimately will pay the cost of any damage or injury from the use of Chinese drywall, according to Tom Hagy, CEO of HB Litigation Conferences. Hagy pointed to the January lawsuit filed in New Orleans by 700 homeowners against 14 insurance companies [...]
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Press Release re Chinese Drywall Conference & Webcast
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Jaimee Taibi, Senior Program Director Jaimee.Taibi@LitigationConferences.com (484) 324-2755 x206 www.litigationconferences.com Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Coverage Subject of Seminar &Webcast MIAMI – September 17, 2009 – Attorneys, insurers, builders and experts will gather in New Orleans on Nov. 11, 2009, at The Ritz-Carlton for presentations on litigation, health issues, property damage, [...]
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Greenberg Traurig Partner Selected as Co-Chair of HB’s Chinese Drywall Conference
HB Litigation Conferences announces the defense chair for its upcoming Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Coverage Update Conference scheduled for November 11, 2009 at the Ritz Carlton in New Orleans. Hilarie Bass of Greenberg Traurig LLP recently agreed to chair HB’s upcoming conference, along with plaintiff chair Michael Ryan, Esq. of Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser [...]
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Madoff, Corporate Risks, Green Law, Chinese Drywall, Insurance and Products Liability Among Topics of HB Litigation’s CLE Teleconferences
BERWYN, Pa. — Today HB Litigation Conferences LLC President Tom Hagy announced the upcoming list of fully accredited continuing legal education teleconferences, including three focusing on litigation and insurance ramifications of the Madoff and similar investment schemes. The three Madoff-related teleconferences are: “Insurance Coverage Issues Arising from the Madoff Ponzi Scheme Fraud,” Aug. 19 at [...]
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Chinese-Made Drywall: A Multi-Defendant, Multi-Claim, Multi-District Litigation Has Litigators Multi-Tasking
By Tom Hagy, HB Litigation Conferences Based on attendance and buzz at recent legal education programs, mass tort, construction defect and, of course, insurance attorneys will be busy for some time litigating causation and culpability surrounding alleged claims of both property damage and personal injury from Chinese-made dry wall. In one June 2 teleconference, sponsored [...]
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Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Coverage Update
Date: July 28, 2009 – AN AUDIOCAST
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Chinese Drywall Insurance Coverage Audio Package
Date: June 1, 2009
Time: 2:00-3:40 pm ET
Price: $149 – unlimited* (includes CLE for 1 listener); $99 – single (includes CLE for 1 listener)
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