A Multi-District Litigation Panel is moving forward on plans for consolidating thousands of Chinese drywall lawsuits throughout the United States. On June 15, the MDL selected the Eastern District of Louisiana Federal United States District Court in New Orleans to oversee the cases. An estimated 100,000 cases from across the nation are expected to be consolidated for pretrial matters and discovery in the drywall litigation that has impacted homeowners throughout the country. Florida is expected to have 35,000 cases filed within the next year regarding this problem.
“This is the largest construction defect case in the history of the United States and consumers need help now,” said Ervin A. Gonzalez in a press statement. Gonzalez is a partner at the law firm of Colson Hicks Eidson in Miami-Dade Co., Fla.