On July 31, 2009, Wolfe Law Group’s Scott Wolfe and Doug Reiser will co-present at Half Moon Seminar’s Chinese Drywall Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. The program is titled “Chinese Drywall Problems and Litigation.” Attorneys, contractors, engineers and architects can all obtain CLE credit for attending the program [register here].

Wolfe & Reiser will co-present during the program’s middle segment, “Exploring the Current Status of Chinese Drywall Claims and Litigation.”

Be sure to attend the program on July 31st in New Orleans. To get ready, or in case you can’t make it, below is the slide presentation we’ll use during the presentation.

On the Chinese Drywall Blog, we’ve frequently forecasted that homeowners will begin bringing suit directly against their builders for Chinese Drywall recovery.

This morning, the New Orleans Times Picayune reported that this is beginning to happen.

The article, titled Homeowners saddled with tainted Chinese Drywall are increasingly suing local builders for damages, suggests that “Louisiana home builders have increasingly become targets of litigation.” And the article profiles a Covington, Louisiana homeowner, Eric Carter, who sued his homebuilder Sunrise Homes.

Over the next few days here on the Chinese Drywall Blog, we will specifically analyze builder liability for Chinese Drywall claims, reviewing the relevant aspects of the New Home Warranty Act and other general builder warranties.

Remember also that Wolfe Law Group’s Scott Wolfe and Doug Reiser will be presenting at a Chinese Drywall seminar in New Orleans, LA on July 31, 2009. The seminar is for attorneys, builders, engineers, homeowners and anyone else affected or interested in the crisis. Read more about the seminar, and how to attend, here.

In the meantime, here are a few posts from our blog reviewing builders’ exposure to imported drywall claims, and explaining the differences between class action litigation and ordinary litigation:

• Builders Starting To Tango with Chinese Drywall Claims
• Builders World Apart on Chinese Drywall
• 3 Reasons Why Class Actions are Bad for Homeowners
• Are Builders Getting a Free Pass on Chinese Drywall Claims? Should They?

A seminar on the Chinese Drywall crisis will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, this July 31, 2009. The seminar is being billed as “a practical, one-day seminar for attorneys, engineers, architects and contractors,” and will examine a host of topics related to Chinese Drywall claims including:

• The damages and health effects caused by defective drywall;
• The status of Chinese Drywall lawsuits in Louisiana and elsewhere;
• Option of pursuing damages through a class or individual action;
• Proposed Legislative solutions;
• Exploration of liability among manufacturers, builders, suppliers, and others.

Wolfe Law Group’s Scott Wolfe and Douglas Reiser are co-presenting at the seminar’s second segment on the matter of “Exploring the Current Status of Chinese Drywall Claims and Litigation.”

Scott Wolfe is sticking around to the seminar’s third segment where he will co-present with the Berniard Law Firm’s Jeffrey Berniard on the matter of “Exploring Potential Liability for Damages Caused by Chinese Drywall Problems.”

Learning credits are available for participating professionals, including 5.0 approved CLE hours for attorneys in the states of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.

More information can be found at the Half Moon Seminars website promoting the seminar here or by downloading the brochure here.