Va. court: Insurance doesn’t cover drywall damages
By The Associated Press
Published: November 2, 2012
Tags: Chinese Drywall, Federal Courts, Products Liability, Supreme Court of Virginia News
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a homeowner’s insurance policy doesn’t cover damage caused by Chinese drywall. Richard Serpe, an attorney for the homeowner, said the unanimous ruling means hundreds of other Virginians whose homes and health were affected by the toxic material also will be unable to collect on their [...]
Chinese drywall plaintiffs keep up hope for recovery 
By Peter Vieth
Published: September 26, 2012
Tags: Chinese Drywall, Federal Courts, Products Liability
Homeowners – many of them in Virginia – who saw their walls, their credit and their lives fall apart because of toxic drywall used in home construction may have hope for some payback in the coming year. A lawyer representing a number of the Virginia drywall victims expects progress in coming months to recover from [...]
Homeowners’ policy won’t cover Chinese drywall losses
By Peter Vieth
Published: June 10, 2010
Tags: Chinese Drywall, Federal Courts, Insurance, Judge Robert G. Doumar
A Virginia Beach man driven from his home by tainted Chinese drywall cannot look to his homeowners’ insurance policy for coverage of his losses, a Norfolk federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Robert G. Doumar granted summary judgment for TRAVCO Insurance Co. for policy claims made by homeowner Larry Ward in the June 3 [...]
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