A Florida judge has ruled that a homeowners’ policy covers damage from tainted Chinese drywall.
Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Robert Foster said he found no exclusion in the Teachers Insurance Co. policy that keeps the company from paying to fix Craig and Melissa Walker’s Odessa home. The Tampa lawyer representing the insurance company argued that a “wear and tear” exclusion and a defective material exclusion pertained to the corrosion of the drywall.
Foster said the drywall was not defective because it “serves its purpose and functions as drywall” but it also emits a corrosive gas. The judge said the policy covered smoke damage, and he interpreted smoke to be the same as gas.
Topics Florida Legislation China
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