Hi Rogersk8r,
Just to let you know that you are not the only person to encounter this problem, as it runs through the entire FX7/8/9 range.
I am awaiting a respone at the moment from Panasonic UK regarding this matter and am taking the issue up with BBC's Watchdog consumer program, amongst others to raise awareness of this issue.
Please visit the following thread and register on this site and add your case to the long list on there. Oh, and please don't forget to add a photo of the screen damage on there - I'll bet it has cracked on the right hand side, just to the left of the main menu buttons. Just like all the others.
The placement of these buttons on the circuit board of the camera in such close proximity to the LCD membrane seems to be the likely cause of this, along with moderate changes in temperature. If your camera gets cold, the contraction and expansion in the LCD screen when this warms up seems to contribute to the problem, if not being a cause all of it's own.
The link you need is:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00ENhV&tag= - I have also put links in there to other sites with logs regarding this problem.
Alternatively, if you type in "lumix warren" as a search in Google, this will take you there.
Hope this helps, and to reiterate: YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS!!
Regards,
Tim A Warren