Alabama State Court Drywall Case Has November 2009 Trial Setting

BAY MINETTE, Ala. - An Alabama state court Chinese drywall case may be the first in the nation to be heard by a jury if the case's November trial setting remains intact. Loftis v. Knauf GIPS KG, et al., No. CV09-323 (Ala. Cir. Ct., Baldwin Cty.).

Sources recently provided HarrisMartin Publishing with different accounts of whether they believed the trial date would be continued from its Nov. 30 setting, which was established weeks after the case was filed in Baldwin County Circuit Court on May 15.

Dell and Lydia Loftis allege that their $350,000, Fairhope, Ala., home was built with …