Drywall, which was manufactrured in China, has been linked to respiratory problems here in the US. Now, the HUD is ready to issue guidelines on federal aid for Chinese drywall remediation.
In continuing coverage, the Cape Coral (FL) Daily Breeze (12/15, Cassidy) reports, “Relief for local victims of toxic drywall could be on the way soon from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.” Sen. Bill Nelson, (D-FL) “announced Friday that HUD is close to deciding how victims of toxic drywall can receive assistance from the federal government.” In a letter to Nelson, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan wrote, “HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development will shortly be issuing guidance making it clear that actions to remediate drywall can be eligible for assistance under the Community Development Block Grant program.”
If you have been a victim of drywallo from China, contact a Florida Personal Injury Attorney today.
With the new alliance between Chrysler and Fiat settled this week, The Washington Post has been reporting on the effect this will have in Detroit, and the rest of the country.Conspicuously absent from their commentary is the consumers who have or will be injured by Chrysler vehicles sold before the company filed for bankruptcy. The situation is very grim.
Even the union leaders who are upset that factories in the USA will be closed while Mexican ones won’t are somewhat tempered in their complaints. They know that this situation is the lesser evil. 789 dealerships are slated to close and in the shuffle many Americans may have their rights slip between the cracks.
The AAJ and other consumer advocacy groups have tried to alter the deal so that the little guy doesn’t get left behind, but the chances are slim that anything will come of it. General Motors is about to go through a similar process later this summer. Hopefully a more inclusive deal will be reached, or else Americans may lose whatever brand loyalty they once held towards the US auto industry.
Injuries that happen at the job site are not always limited to workers compensation claims. If the accident was as a result of an unsafe product, you may have a product liability claim.Often, when someone is injured by a product at work, the product lacks an important safety feature.
For example, settlement a man who underwent an L3-5 laminectomy and foraminatomy after he fell when the mobile interior scaffold on which he was standing collapsed. The man sued the manufacturer of the scaffold, alleging that it was defective in that it lacked a locking mechanism to secure the platform and prevent it from being inadvertently lifted out of position.
