Attorneys for two Miami condominium associations filed a class action suit they expect will lead to damages exceeding $1 billion against the makers and distributors of an allegedly defective fire sprinkler system pipe.

“This is probably one of the biggest construction defect cases in history. It will be larger than the Chinese drywall problem,” said plaintiffs attorney Ervin A. Gonzalez, a partner at Colson Hicks Eidson, who also worked on the Chinese drywall case.