Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/, February 15, 2024 By: MIchael Jefferson, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Is an Owner Controlled Insurance Program right for you? Developers and owners often find that obtaining insurance coverage for their construction projects can be confusing and unnecessarily complicated. When dealing with construction projects in excess of $50 million, an Owner Controlled Insurance Program […]

Source: https://canada.constructconnect.com/, February 20, 2024 By: Jean Sorensen The City of Vancouver has filed a notice of claim in B.C. Supreme Court against three contractors for what it is alleging to be defects and deficiencies in rehabilitation work on the Granville Bridge carried out between 2019 and 2021. The three defendants are Associated Engineering Ltd., Graham […]

Source: https://www.westsidecurrent.com/, February 16, 2024 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is suing an insurance company for allegedly breaching a contract to provide pollution cleanup cost coverage at its facilities that were associated with the coronavirus pandemic. Cedars-Sinai’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit seeks unspecified damages with interest from AIG Specialty Insurance Co. as well as attorneys’ fees […]

Source: https://www.ehn.org/, February 21, 2024 By: Shannon Kelleher Two Texas farm families have seen their health decline, their pets and livestock sickened and killed, their water poisoned and and their property values wiped out due to high levels of chemical contamination linked to a company marketing treated sewage sludge as a fertilizer and soil conditioner, […]

Source: https://www.providencejournal.com/, February 21, 2024 By: Alex Kuffner A defunct machine-parts factory that contaminated wells around Peck Hill Road decades ago may again be threatening public health in the area, this time through vapor-forming solvents possibly entering nearby homes and businesses. Environmental authorities have obtained a warrant to access the 4-acre site on Peck Hill Road […]

Source: https://grist.org/, February 20, 2024 By: Naveena Sadasivam The Inflation Reduction Act, the 2021 U.S. climate law abbreviated IRA, primarily reduces emissions through financial incentives, rather than binding rules. But in addition to all its well-known carrots, lawmakers quietly included a smaller number of sticks — particularly when it comes to the potent greenhouse gas methane, […]

Source: https://www.nj.com/, February 14, 2024 By: Karin Price Mueller The Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel is warning guests at the check-in desk not to take showers at the hotel because of ongoing water testing after two guests last year were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, a serious form of pneumonia. In a letter handed to guests when they check in, the hotel […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, February 12, 2024 By: Garret Ellison An electroplating chemical spill which turned a metro Detroit creek a bright shade of turquoise contained toxic PFAS and heavy metals but the pollution was not concentrated enough to pose a significant health risk, say regulators, The Bear Creek drain in Warren is running clear again after a water […]

Source: https://bankerandtradesman.com/, February 6, 2024 By: Steve Adams Developers of State Street Corp.’s new headquarters say design flaws that failed to take into account Boston’s frigid winters forced them to sacrifice leasable space and drove up project costs. The 1.1 million-square-foot One Congress tower opened last fall on a portion of the Government Center garage […]

Source: https://www.northjersey.com/, February 6, 2024 By: Colleen Wilson The engineer who oversaw NJ Transit’s Portal North Bridge project accused the agency of ignoring his whistleblower concerns about the new bridge’s design, which he alleges led to retaliation and discrimination, says a recently filed lawsuit. Within months of his hiring at NJ Transit in 2021, Mohammed […]

Source: https://www.npr.org/, February 7, 2024 By: Alejandra Borunda When Cynthia Pinto-Cabrera developed asthma at 12, it didn’t seem that unusual to her. Lots of her classmates in California’s San Joaquin Valley carried inhalers to school. Her little brother needed a nebulizer every morning just to start his day breathing right. But when she left the […]

Source: https://plusblog.org/ In this continuous blog series, PLUS teams up with experienced industry professionals to explore the most recent market trends. In this edition, we highlight Craig Kavanagh, partner at Manire Galla Curley LLP. Throughout our conversation with Craig, he shared valuable perspectives on trends and risks in the professional liability market, sharing a distinctive […]