Source: https://www.detroitnews.com, April 18, 2019 By: Leonard N. Fleming Some of the nation’s high-profile environmental law firms, along with Michigan-based ones, are waging legal battles related to PFAS contamination in the state after decades of waste dumping by a popular shoe manufacturer that has seeped into private wells. The civil lawsuits over per- and polyfluoroalkyl […]

Source: https://www.nola.com, April 22, 2019 A broken flange on a pipe is believed to be the cause of a spill of 3,600 gallons of sulfuric acid that occurred at the Cornerstone Chemical Co.facility at Waggaman on April 11, according to a state environmental official. The spill was reported by Cornerstone to both the Coast Guard National […]

Source: https://www.inforum.com, February 22, 2019 By: Phoenix Bauer Three individuals have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease after visiting a hotel water park in Casselton, according to a release by the North Dakota Department of Health. The release states that the three people were diagnosed between July 2018 and January 2019 and all used the water […]

Source: https://www.wwaytv3.com, April 19, 2019 The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Honeywell International Inc., and International Paper Co., for cleanup of contaminated soils and sediments at the LCP-Holtrachem plant in Riegelwood. The United States brought its action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), […]

Source: https://www.courthousenews.com, April 22, 2019 By: Kevin Lessmiller The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether three Citgo-affiliated companies must pay most of the $100 million-plus bill for cleaning up a 2004 oil spill in the Delaware River. The oil tanker Athos, laden with Venezuelan crude, was only inches from docking at a port in New Jersey […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, April 21, 2019 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation cited Legoland New York’s owner and contractors with 22 new violations this month in an effort to prevent continuing discharge of construction runoff from the $500 million project into local waterways, the Tribune Herald-Record reported. The total fines attached […]

Source: https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com, April 17, 2019 By: Joseph Brown Huntsville has authorized a lawsuit against three contractors in a bid to recoup repair costs for structural issues at the hub for the city’s trash. In January, city officials revealed that pavement for the driveway at the transfer station was cracking and crumbling, just 18 months after […]

Source: https://www.seacoastonline.com, April 18, 2019 By: Elizabeth Dinanc An architectural firm has been dropped from a lawsuit alleging faulty construction caused mold in apartments at the Wamesit Place public housing complex, while a related suit is ongoing at Superior Court, and the dispute is scheduled for mediation. The lawsuit was filed by Portsmouth attorney John […]

Source: https://www.sacbee.com, April 17, 2019 By: Wes Venteicher Water tests discovered legionella throughout a state prison in Stockton, showing the bacteria found in a dead inmate last month is more widespread than was previously known, according to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation email sent to staff Tuesday. The inmate, whom the department hasn’t […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, March 16, 2019 By: John B. King, Breazeale Sachse & Wilson LLP Due diligence conducted when acquiring assets in a commercial transaction, whether the assets include property with existing operating facilities or undeveloped property on which a facility is to be constructed, is absolutely essential to ensuring the property does not contain unknown […]

Source: https://axaxl.com/fast-fast-forward, April 1, 2019 By: Angela Guitar, Head of Global Excess Casualty Claims, AXA XL Every day, at least nine Americans die and hundreds are injured in distracted driving crashes. That’s why April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, an effort to raise awareness about distracted driving risks and encourage individuals to adopt safer driving. #JustDrive Auto […]

Source: https://www.presstelegram.com, April 16, 2019 The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted today to use $5.2 million from the Aliso Canyon gas leak settlement with Southern California Gas Co. to clean up lead-based paint in homes around the now-shuttered Exide battery recycling plan in Vernon. Supervisor Hilda Solis said families in Bell, Maywood, Commerce, […]