Banner Not Responsible for Entire $2.5 Million Drywall Award, Judge Rules

MIAMI - A Florida judge has rejected an attempt by plaintiffs to have Banner Supply Co. cover all of the $2.5 million in damages they were awarded earlier this year after jurors found the supplier partly responsible for Chinese drywall damage in the plaintiffs' home. Seifart v. Knauf Gips KG, et al., No. 2009-38887 CA 42 (Fla. Cir. Ct., Miami-Dade Cty.).

Judge Joseph P. Farina issued an order Oct. 20 in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, denying plaintiffs' motion to preclude the apportionment of fault jurors assigned to drywall manufacturers that were included on the verdict sheet, but did not offer a …