Lowe's Home Centers Requests Deconsolidation from Drywall MDL

NEW ORLEANS - Home improvement retailer Lowe's has asked the federal Chinese drywall MDL judge for a release from the coordinated proceedings, arguing that the only plaintiffs to name the company as a defendant don't have imported drywall in their home. Dempster v. Lowe's Home Centers Inc., No. 09-5482 (E.D. La.).

Lowe's filed the motion to deconsolidate from the MDL on Nov. 12, citing information gathered from a report generated after Barry and Annette Dempster's Des Allemands, La., home was inspected in compliance with MDL procedures.

The Dempsters sued Lowe's alleging damage caused by allegedly defective drywall that was purchased …