The Environmental Division of Great American Insurance Group is pleased to announce an enhancement to its current environmental program. The new “Special Risks” coverage enhancement is specifically designed to offer site-related pollution coverage to classes of business that can be considered higher exposure due to the nature of their operations. These “Special Risks” would include […]

Source: https://www.wdsu.com, October 25, 2019 A New Orleans restaurant group is suing the developers and contractors along with other parties involved in the Hard Rock Hotel project that collapsed two weeks ago. Among those named in the lawsuit are Citadel Builders, Heaslip Engineering, 1031 Canal LLC and Kailas Companies. Read more.

Source: https://www.nj.com, October 25, 2019 By: Blake Nelson and Michael Sol Warren State and local officials announced six lawsuits Friday targeting polluters in poor communities around New Jersey. Speaking at a press conference in Newark, state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said the state and the nation hadn’t done enough to protect minority neighborhoods from polluters. […]

Source: https://www.constructionbusinessowner.com, October 24, 2019 By: Jeff Cavignac Whether you are sued or receive a threatening or demanding letter criticizing your work, it’s hard not to take it personally. While the natural reaction is to immediately respond in one way or another, what you really need to do is take a deep breath, step back […]

Source: https://www.theadvertiser.com, October 24, 2019 By: Todd A. Price In the wake of the partial collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel construction site on Oct 12, 11 lawsuits have been filed by site workers, nearby businesses, bystanders and the children of two of the men killed. All but one of the lawsuits, filed in Orleans Parish […]

Source: https://patch.com, October 24, 2019 By: Christopher Huffaker The Sept. 13, 2018 natural gas line explosions that killed one, injured 22 and damaged 131 structures in the Merrimack Valley were caused by “weak engineering management” on the part of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, a unit of NiSource, according to the National Transportation Safety Board’s final […]

Source: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com, October 24, 2019 A lawsuit filed on Maui blames birth defects on chemicals from Monsanto corn fields. The families who filed suit all lived in the same Kihei subdivision ― downwind from seed corn fields where their attorneys say pesticides and herbicides were heavily used. Read more.

Source: https://www.newsday.com, October 24, 2019 By: John Asbury A Merrick dry cleaning business, whose owner has been cleaning up contaminants for 25 years, was designated a state Superfund site for a contaminated groundwater plume. The state Department of Environmental Conservation classified Busy Bee Cleaners on Merrick Road as a Superfund site for PCE, or tetrachloroethene, in […]

Source: https://auburnpub.com, October 24, 2019 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it has finalized a cleanup plan for a plume of contaminated groundwater that stretches from Auburn to Union Springs. The contamination stretches from the former General Electric site in Auburn, also known as the Powerex Facility, to the village of Union Springs, and […]

Source: https://www.nbcbayarea.com, October 23, 2019 Two Oakland high schools sit atop land that is contaminated with lead, according to Oakland Unified School District officials. The “elevated lead levels” were discovered under pavement on the campuses of Ralph Bunche Academy in West Oakland and Street Academy in North Oakland after crews took soil samples in preparation […]

Source: https://wfpl.org, October 23, 2019 By: Ryan Van Velzer It’s in food packaging, non-stick pans, paint, cleaning products and firefighting foams. It’s likely in your blood. It’s probably in my blood. And if it wasn’t there before, it could be there now. That is, if you’re drinking Louisville tap water. Read more.

Source: https://www.thesunchronicle.com, October 22, 2019 A Miami university bridge that collapsed and killed six people last year showed significant design errors and should have been more carefully monitored by the state government because of the project’s complexity, federal officials said Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board members concluded that the design firm FIGG Bridge Engineers, […]