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Hearing: Did Chinese Drywall Company Hold Back Information?
Source: Associated Press
Hearing: Did Chinese Drywall Company Hold Back Information?
By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS — Dec 15, 2015, 5:07 PM ET
Lawyers for thousands of people who say Chinese drywall made their homes unlivable told a federal judge Tuesday that the manufacturer held back critical information for years by failing to reveal a former official's whereabouts.
One document from Peng Wenlong's computers showed that Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd. and parent companies plotted in 2009 to hold back unfavorable evidence, Russ Herman and Christopher Seeger told U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon.
Herman read part of a letter from Taishan to the chairman and director of China National Building Materials Group stating that Taishan was not inclined to respond to a U.S. lawsuit, but would, if necessary, mail favorable evidence to the court and have "government departments interfere, so as to eliminate and reduce some negative impact."
"That's the really terrible conduct we have to address," Herman said.
Peng was manager of foreign trade for Taishan when it sold drywall that thousands of homeowners in six states say released sulfur fumes that made them sick and corroded metals, plaintiffs' attorneys say.
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By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS — Dec 15, 2015, 5:07 PM ET
Lawyers for thousands of people who say Chinese drywall made their homes unlivable told a federal judge Tuesday that the manufacturer held back critical information for years by failing to reveal a former official's whereabouts.
One document from Peng Wenlong's computers showed that Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd. and parent companies plotted in 2009 to hold back unfavorable evidence, Russ Herman and Christopher Seeger told U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon.
Herman read part of a letter from Taishan to the chairman and director of China National Building Materials Group stating that Taishan was not inclined to respond to a U.S. lawsuit, but would, if necessary, mail favorable evidence to the court and have "government departments interfere, so as to eliminate and reduce some negative impact."
"That's the really terrible conduct we have to address," Herman said.
Peng was manager of foreign trade for Taishan when it sold drywall that thousands of homeowners in six states say released sulfur fumes that made them sick and corroded metals, plaintiffs' attorneys say.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/hearing-chinese-drywall-company-hold-back-information-35785308
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