The Jury Verdict Is In! NOT Responsible!

[HBarlow]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif]Cut and pasted from Greg Gerber's daily RV news blog:[/FONT]​

[FONT=Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif]BREAKING NEWS ​

[/FONT]<TABLE id=content_LETTER. BLOCK5 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD>[FONT=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]NOT GUILTY! Jury sides with Gulf Stream in formaldehyde suit[/FONT]

</TD></TR><TR><TD>[FONT=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif](Sept. 24, 2009) -- Five men and three women decided that a trailer made by Gulf Stream Coach Inc. and occupied by Alana Alexander and her 12-year-old son, Christopher Cooper, was not "unreasonably dangerous" in its construction. One juror saying the plaintiffs' attorneys never had the "smoking gun" that proved their case. The jury also concluded that Fluor Enterprises Inc. , which had a contract to install FEMA trailers, wasn't negligent. [/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
This is good news! I have said for several years the formaldahyde injury claims were bogus, just more welfare recipients wanting to rip somebody else off.

I transported lots of FEMA trailers although I don't think I pulled a Gulfstream trailer. My dog and I slept in all the FEMA trailers I pulled. Yes, they had strong adhesive odors as all new trailers do for awhile but it was easily vented outdoors by simply opening the windows and roof vents.
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[LBARTLETT]

That is GREAT news!!! I agree to too many bogus lawsuits. Now if we can get our idiot in chief to include tort reform in any forthcoming health reform we'll at least be headed in the right direction!



Thanks for sharing the info with us.

 

[HBarlow]

I think the clown you referred to is in bed with the lowlifes who file such bogus lawsuits.

 

[MMeier]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif]Cut and pasted from Greg Gerber's daily RV news blog:[/FONT]​

[FONT=Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif]BREAKING NEWS ​

[/FONT]<TABLE id=content_LETTER. BLOCK5 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD>[FONT=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]NOT GUILTY! Jury sides with Gulf Stream in formaldehyde suit[/FONT]



</TD></TR><TR><TD>[FONT=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif](Sept. 24, 2009) -- Five men and three women decided that a trailer made by Gulf Stream Coach Inc. and occupied by Alana Alexander and her 12-year-old son, Christopher Cooper, was not "unreasonably dangerous" in its construction. One juror saying the plaintiffs' attorneys never had the "smoking gun" that proved their case. The jury also concluded that Fluor Enterprises Inc. , which had a contract to install FEMA trailers, wasn't negligent. [/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

This is good news! I have said for several years the formaldahyde injury claims were bogus, just more welfare recipients wanting to rip somebody else off.



I transported lots of FEMA trailers although I don't think I pulled a Gulfstream trailer. My dog and I slept in all the FEMA trailers I pulled. Yes, they had strong adhesive odors as all new trailers do for awhile but it was easily vented outdoors by simply opening the windows and roof vents.

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I thought you weren't supposed to sleep in those while transporting ?

 

[HBarlow]

You are correct but lots of drivers quietly do it. You know how it is. You have to control expenses to make any money.

I always carried a sleeping bag and pillow for me and a blanket for Gertude, my GSD. All new trailers have plastic wrap on the mattress so I'd just roll out my sleeping bag on top. Could not/did not use anything but the bed. The morning before delivery I'd remove my personal gear and get down on my hands and knees with yesterday's T shirt and sweep the floor from back end to door.

In fair weather I always slept in them. Even sleeping in the trailers in mild weather I still spent $5,000/yr on Motel 6s.

Some guys, mostly not as tall, slept in their trucks. I had to sleep in my trucks a few times in winter in areas with no motels but I didn't get much rest.

 

[MLee]

Not only Fema trailers, but your travel trailer, 5'vers and probably class A's have the formaldehyde in the cabinet finishes. Dating way back, [my old trailer a 87 had the sticker] [my new 07 has the sticker] they have a label attached to the bathroom cabinet, that states if you have trouble breathing, or have a raspatory problem, make sure you have adequate ventilation in your unit because of the formaldehyde used in the cabinet finishes.

The heath dept. has looked into this complaint but not very seriously and has done nothing to answer questions.

Just my take on this.

 

[Andersonville]

Same here Harvey. I'm 6'4". I should be getting a dividend check from Motel6.

 

[EricBu12]

My dad is very sensitive to certain chemicals as well as formaldehyde. We had some industrial carpeting in our house in a studio that was next to our livingroom. Dad was coughing up a storm from the fire retardants in it. . We got an Ozone machine that eliminates the fumes. . in 30 hours, no problem...

So the effects of formaldehyde is real, just most are not as sensitive as others. .
As a side search, look at "Sick Building Syndrome" for other facts on formaldehyde.


Formaldehyde:
Industrial applications

Formaldehyde is a common building block for the synthesis of more complex compounds and materials. In approximate order of decreasing consumption, products generated from formaldehyde include urea formaldehyde resin, melamine resin, phenol formaldehyde resin, polyoxymethylene plastics, 1,4-butanediol, and methylene diphenyl diisocyanate. [3]

When reacted with phenol, urea, or melamine formaldehyde produces, respectively, hard thermoset phenol formaldehyde resin, urea formaldehyde resin, and melamine resin, which are commonly used in permanent adhesives such as those used in plywood or carpeting. It is used as the wet-strength resin added to sanitary paper products such as (listed in increasing concentrations injected into the paper machine headstock chest) facial tissue, table napkins, and roll towels. They are also foamed to make insulation, or cast into moulded products. Production of formaldehyde resins accounts for more than half of formaldehyde consumption.

Formaldehyde is also a precursor to polyfunctional alcohols such as pentaerythritol, which is used to make paints and explosives. Other formaldehyde derivatives include methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, an important component in polyurethane paints and foams, and hexamine, which is used in phenol-formaldehyde resins as well as the explosive RDX.

The textile industry uses formaldehyde-based resins as finishers to make fabrics crease-resistant. [8]

Formaldehyde has been found as a contaminant in several bath products, at levels from 54-610 ppm: it is thought to arise from the breakdown of preservatives in the products. [9]

 

[HBarlow]

No one disputes whether formaldehyde is real or not or whether some people react to it. The issue was whether a woman receiving free housing from taxpayers could have simply opened the windows and a roof vent on her free trailer to ventilate and eliminate the problem or did she really have a reason to sue the rest of us for a huge sum or money. The civil jury decided her claim was bogus . . . as most of them are.