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FLORIDA JUDGE RULES TO ALLOW CHINESE DRYWALL VICTIMS TO FILE CLAIMS FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES AGAINST KNAUF GIPS AND KNAUF PLASTERBOARD TIANJIN |
FLORIDA JUDGE RULES TO ALLOW CHINESE DRYWALL VICTIMS TO FILE CLAIMS FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES AGAINST KNAUF GIPS AND KNAUF PLASTERBOARD TIANJIN |
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Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge the First in the Country to Allow Victims of Chinese Drywall to Seek Exemplary Damages from Knauf |
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October 26, 2011 - MIAMI - In what Chinese drywall victims and their attorneys call a major coup, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Joseph Farina ruled on Tuesday to allow the owners of homes built with toxic Chinese drywall to file claims seeking punitive damages against giant building materials conglomerate Knauf. The ruling, which applies to the Knauf defendants sued in Miami-Dade Circuit Court -- the German company Knauf Gips and its Chinese affiliate Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin (KPT) -- is the first of its kind in the country to allow victims to file claims for these damages against these two related Knauf entities, who plaintiffs allege conspired to conceal from U.S. consumers the known defects in KPT drywall. KPT is the main supplier of drywall to Banner Supply Company, one of Florida's largest distributors of the contaminated wallboard.
Unlike compensatory damages in civil suits that seek to make plaintiffs whole, punitive damages are designed simply to punish defendants and deter their intentional misconduct. Knauf conceded the plaintiff's request for punitive damages in order to keep documents containing evidence of Knauf's intentional misconduct and conspiracy t...
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