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Ruling: US courts can handle Chinese drywall suits

By Janet McConnaughey
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — U.S. courts have jurisdiction over claims that a Chinese drywall company’s defective product wrecked homes, and a company that failed to show up in court must pay $2.7 million for damage to seven Virginia couples, a federal appeals court in New Orleans has ruled.

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