Source: Daily Southtown (Chicago, IL), November 24, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Cases of Legionnaires’ disease reached a record high in 2018 – a more than eightfold increase since the numbers began to climb nearly two decades ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported 9,933 cases in 2018 of Legionellosis, which includes both […]

Source: The Washington Post, November 21, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ The Environmental Protection Agency weakened a rule Thursday governing how companies store dangerous chemicals. The standards were enacted under the Obama administration in the wake of a 2013 explosion in West, Tex., that killed 15 people, including 12 first-responders. Under the new standards, companies will […]

Source: https://crosscut.com/, November 21, 2019 By: Kevin Knodell Melissa Godoy had spent much of her life in military housing, living in bases around the country for a decade without issue. Then she and her husband, an Army combat engineer, came to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in July 2018. She recalled that the home her family moved into […]

Source: November 21, 2019 By: Charles E. Fombrun and Freddy X. Munoz Design professionals such as architects and engineers are exposed to significant risk and potential liability for errors and omissions in their designs and other work on construction projects. In addition to potential up-front design errors, many professionals participate in project administration, which includes […]

Source: https://q13fox.com/, November 20, 2019 By: Hana Kim Earlier this week, Seattle Children’s CEO Jeff Sperring made no excuses for the deadly mold problem at his hospital. They now believe that complications from Aspergillus mold has killed six patients since 2001. “Looking back, we should have made the connections sooner. Simply put, we failed,” Sperring […]

Source: https://www.militarytimes.com/, November 20, 2019 By: Patricia Kime The number of places where the U.S. military spilled or suspects it discharged perfluorinated compounds has grown, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, but they did not say where or how many sites are under investigation for possible contamination. The Department of Defense previously identified 401 sites on active […]

When a brand-new bridge suddenly collapses in Miami, several die in a horrifying calamity; experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong and how an innovative bridge-building technique could be to blame. https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/engineering-catastrophes/full-episodes/nightmare-in-florida

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, November 14, 2019 By: Kevin M. Apollo, Goldberg Segalla LLP Foremost Ins. Co. v. Rodriguez, a Pennsylvania federal district denied a motion to dismiss a declaratory judgment lawsuit filed by a liability insurer that sought to disclaim coverage for an underlying lawsuit alleging carbon monoxide exposure.[1] In the underlying state court lawsuit, tenants […]

Source: https://www.newcivilengineer.com/, November 14, 2019 By: Sa,m Sholli A catalogue of engineering errors during design and construction led to the fatal collapse of the Florida International University bridge, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has ruled in its final report. The report concludes that design calculation errors made by Figg Bridge Engineers were ultimately […]

Source: https://papost.org/, November 20, 2019 By: Wallace McKelvey Authorities and homeowners are finding high levels of PFAS, toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other health problems, in drinking water across Pennsylvania. That includes samples taken around former military sites at Harrisburg International Airport and the U.S. Navy facility in Hampden Township, where the likely source was firefighting […]

Source: https://www.enterprisenews.com/, November 20,2019 By: Donna Whitehead While sampling related to a replacement of one of its wells, the town discovered the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS in the town’s water supply. The tests showed levels of PFAS between 0 and 51 parts per trillion in Easton’s finished drinking water. […]

Source: https://topclassactions.com/, October 10, 2019 By: Steven Cohen The San Francisco 49ers have reached a $24 million settlement with fans who claim that Levi’s Stadium has thousand of non-compliant access barriers that prevent those with mobility disabilities from enjoying the game. Plaintiffs Abdul and Priscilla Nevarez have filed a motion for preliminary approval of the […]