Miss. Products Liability Act Is Homeowners’ Sole Remedy In Chinese Drywall Case

(May 15, 2024, 1:10 PM EDT) -- JACKSON, Miss. — Claims brought by homeowners who say their home was damaged by defectively manufactured Chinese drywall are subsumed by the Mississippi Products Liability Act (MPLA) because it is the sole remedy for products liability under Mississippi law, a Mississippi federal judge found in partly granting the drywall manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment....