Gulfport’s Sun Herald reports that the first Chinese Drywall class action suit has been filed in the state of Mississippi, formally adding another Gulf Coast state to the Chinese Drywall crisis.

Like the suits in Louisiana and Florida, Knauf Gips and Knauf Tianjin are named as Defendants. The Mississippi suit goes on to name “Taishan and possibly other unknown Chinese manufacturers.”

While builders and local supply-houses are still caught up in litigation, the class actions in LA, MS and FL provide these smaller outfits with cautious optimism as the large-scale class actions suits have not been lodged against all parties in the chain.