Source: https://www.coastalpoint.com/, September 30, 2021 Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings filed a lawsuit on Sept. 22 against agrochemical company Monsanto and two of its corporate spinoffs, alleging long-lasting damage to Delaware’s natural resources. The lawsuit seeks to recover damages and clean-up costs associated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) — extremely toxic and persistent chemicals which Monsanto manufactured […]

Source: https://thedcline.org/, October 1, 2021 By: Will Schick On a Friday afternoon in early September, Britney Bennett, a single mother of two children aged 6 and 13, sat on a blue couch in Davina Callahan’s living room and sighed. “They’re not even telling us what’s going on with our homes — or what’s going to […]

Source: https://www.usnews.com/, September 29, 2021 Defense company Northrop Grumman knew for more than a decade that chemicals from a site it owns near the Springfield-Branson Airport were contaminating groundwater in surrounding property, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. The lawsuit claims Northrop Grumman, which is based in Virginia, did not notify residents their groundwater may […]

Source: https://www.downbeach.com/, September 28, 2021 By: Nanette LoBiondo Galloway Residents whose homes were damaged when a road construction project went awry on Amherst Avenue have filed a lawsuit in Atlantic County Superior Court and are asking for a jury trial demanding judgement against the city, its engineer and the contractor and any sub-contractors who performed […]

Source: https://patch.com/, September 27, 2021 By: Dan Ross Sued last year by the state for its role as an owner and operator during the 1970s of a notoriously dirty lead-acid battery recycling facility in Vernon, east of Los Angeles, NL Industries has filed a counterclaim arguing that property owners and other parties, including businesses, are to blame for area […]

Source: https://whyy.org/, September 24, 2021 By: Mark Eichmann Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings is suing Monsanto and two of its subsidiaries for “long-lasting damage” to the state’s natural resources from “extremely toxic” chemicals the company produced for decades. The lawsuit centers on polychlorinated biphenyls, more commonly known as PCBs, that the company produced and which […]

Source: https://www.militarytimes.com/, September 26, 2021 By: Theresa Davis Cannon Air Force Base is starting work with nearby landowners to test their water and soil for a group of chemicals known as PFAS. Tests will help the military determine where an underground contamination plume migrated off the base, the Albuquerque Journal reported. Read more.

Source: Business Insider, September 24, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Residents in one of New York City’s most expensive buildings are suing the developers for $125 million over a bevy of complaints, including flooding, unbearably loud noise when the building sways, and faulty elevators. Dissatisfaction with the pricey building on “Billionaire’s Row” has been brewing for […]

Source: https://nypost.com/, September 24, 2021 By: Will Feuer A condo board representing the residents of one of the tallest and ritziest buildings on Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row have sued the developers of the ultra-luxe building, alleging that over 1,500 design flaws have led to flooding, electrical explosions and “horrible and obtrusive noise and vibration.” The board accused the developers […]

Source: https://www.news-press.com/, January 7, 2016 By: David Dorsey After receiving $48.5 million in government funding to renovate their spring training home, the Minnesota Twins achieved their wish list of improvements in 2014-15 and wanted to take advantage of money left over for one more item. When pitchers and catchers arrive next month, and when fans […]

Source: https://www.news-press.com/, August 10, 2020 By: Bill Smith Fort Myers-based Wright Construction Group has been awarded a $1.6 million contract for repairs to JetBlue Park. The spring training home of the Boston Red Sox will also see repairs in the eight-year-old building’s cracking concrete structure and remedies for problems that developed in its roof. Read more.

Source: https://www.news-press.com/, September 21, 2021 By: Bill Smith The company that oversaw construction of two spring training baseball parks built by Lee County along the Daniels Parkway corridor has agreed to pay part of the cost to fix problems that have developed at JetBlue Park and Hammond Stadium in the past few years. The problems […]