Source: https://www.enr.com/, January 10, 2021 By: Mary B. Powers A Richmond, Va., federal appeals court has restored an environmental consultant’s legal fight for $2.7 million in federal funds to cover work at a Superfund cleanup site it managed, rejecting a lower court’s dismissal of its claim over a technicality. In ordering the federal district court […]

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/, January 14, 2021 By: David K. Li and Erin Einhorn Nine former Michigan officials, including ex-Gov. Rick Snyder, were charged Thursday in connection with the Flint water crisis in a case one prosecutor said was about “finally, finally, finally holding people accountable.” Snyder, 62, and eight others who worked under him face a host of charges […]

Source: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/, January 13, 2021 By: Gabrielle Masson Hospital was a source of Legionella bacteria for more than a decade, according to CDC documents obtained by ABC affiliate WJRT.  The 47-page letter titled “Investigation of healthcare-associated Legionnaires’ Disease” was sent to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and is dated December 2019. Jim Haveman, former state […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, January 13, 2021 By: Ed White, David Eggert and Tammy Webber Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water and was blamed for a deadly outbreak […]

Source: https://patch.com/, January 13, 2021 By: Scott Souza The $1.6 million renovation of the Ryan Brennan Skatepark and surrounding area did not make it through the five years of the project without some eye-opening discoveries. A big one came when an environmental study of the ground on the periphery of the park near Mansell Field […]

Source: https://spectrumnews1.com/, January 8, 2021 By: Jeff Dahdah A group representing residents in the Town of Peshtigo have reached a $17.5 million settlement with Tyco, a company that produces firefighting foam in Wisconsin near Marinette, over contamination of a manmade set of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — or PFAS. The settlement includes $15 […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, January 7, 2021 By: Syed S. Ahmad and Adriana Perez, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP The First Circuit recently held that a “Special Hazard and Fluids Limitation Endorsement” was ambiguous and therefore there was excess coverage for a fuel spill that occurred after a tanker-truck overturned. In Performance Trans. Inc. v. General Star Indem. Co., […]

Source: https://www.fayobserver.com/, January 8, 2021 By: Rachael Riley Another Fort Bragg family has entered into a class-action complaint against Fort Bragg’s housing provider, Corvias, as Corvias looks to have the class-action complaint dropped. On June 24, three Fort Bragg families filed complaints against Corvias and its partners.  Read more.

Source: https://www.kptv.com/, January 7, 2020 By: Drew Marine Another person is in the hospital with Legionnaire’s Disease after an outbreak was first reported at a North Portland apartment complex on Monday. “Honestly just afraid and concerned,” Ann Negosh, who lives near Rosemont Court, said about the outbreak. Read more.

Source: Wisconsin State Journal, January 7, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Johnson Controls has agreed to pay $17.5 million to Peshtigo area residents whose water was contaminated by “forever chemicals” from a manufacturing plant in Marinette. The agreement announced Thursday is part of a settlement in a 2018 class action lawsuit against the company’s Tyco Fire […]

Source: https://www.hollandsentinel.com/, January 6, 2021 By: Kortny Hahn Emmet County late last year completed the first official step in its process to address the existence of contaminants near the Pellston Regional Airport. At a meeting at the end of December, county administrator Mike Reaves said the county had finished Phase I of its investigation, which […]

Source: https://www.opb.org/, January 6, 2021 More than 100 residents of a North Portland senior housing complex were evacuated from their homes Tuesday after a bacterial pneumonia outbreak, known as Legionnaires’ disease, killed one person and hospitalized four others. The Multnomah County Health Department said Tuesday that health officials determined on Jan. 4 that the bacteria […]