Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com, May 31, 2019 By: Gabriele Crognale, PE Global seismic changes have begun to play a greater role in risk associated with the built environment. Consider recent severe flooding in New Orleans, New York and Boston, and along coastal towns in the paths of hurricanes and Nor’easters. Besides the destruction of property, such calamities […]

Source: https://axaxl.com/fast-fast-forward, April 23, 2019 By: Mary Ann Susavidge, Chief Underwriting Officer, Environmental Insurance, AXA XL Environmental liabilities were once notorious for killing business deals. Most businesses didn’t know how to handle their own environmental liability issues, much less take on someone else’s. Fortunately, that’s not the case today. Given the abundance of merger and […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com, May 29, 2019 By: Judy Greenwald A federal court ruled Tuesday that an Allied World Assurance Co. unit must defend an engineering firm in a construction lawsuit, but held off ruling on whether it must also indemnify the company until underlying litigation is resolved. Richard Goettle Inc., a Cincinnati-based geotechnical engineering and construction […]

Source: https://www.providencejournal.com, May 29, 2019 By: Alex Kuffner The developer of the Phillipsdale Landing complex in Rumford has agreed to an $82,000 settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over allegations of mishandling toxic chemicals. Bourne Holdings, of Pawtucket, agreed to pay the fine to settle allegations of six counts of violating federal regulations for […]

Source: https://www.iowapublicradio.org, May 29, 2019 By: Kate Payne The Des Moines Water Works is putting pressure on state regulators to clean up contamination at a nearby military base. In letters to the state Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, the utility called the chemicals a public health concern. Earlier this year, a government report obtained by […]

Source: https://www.nola.com, May 28, 2019 By: Mark Schleifstein A lawsuit charging six oil and gas firms with damaging wetlands and land within the Potash Oil & Gas Field in Plaquemines Parish in violation of Louisiana’s coastal zone management laws should be heard in state 25th Judicial District Court in Plaquemines, a federal judge ruled Tuesday (May 28). […]

Source: https://www.ehn.org, May 29, 2019 By: Oliver Morrison “The issue is that the chemicals will still very likely be in the groundwater 100 years from now unless someone cleans them up.” Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between PublicSource and Environmental Health News on PFAS contamination in Pennsylvania and was funded in part […]

Source: https://patch.com, May 29, 2019 By: Tony Schinella Officials hope to receive per- and polyfluoroalkyl damages to cleanup, restore, and treat groundwater, wildlife, other natural resources. The state of New Hampshire has entered into two lawsuits against chemical and fire-retardant companies seeking damages by PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) to cleanup and restore groundwater and […]

Source: https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com, May 24, 2019 By: Shawn Raymnundo In an effort to recoup its losses associated with fighting allegations that the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park contributed to pollution in San Juan Creek, the city of San Juan Capistrano is suing the park’s insurance provider, as well as the company managing the facility. According to […]

Source: https://nmpoliticalreport.com, May 24, 2019 By: Laura Paskus New Mexico officials find themselves stonewalled by the United States military over water contamination from two U.S. Air Force bases in the state. In early May, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas and New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Secretary James Kenney sent a letter to the U.S. Air Force […]

Source: The Washington Post, May 23, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com The family of an 18-year-old University of Maryland freshman who died of adenovirus in the fall has filed a notice of claim against the college, setting the stage for a possible lawsuit. Ian Paregol said the death of his daughter, Olivia Shea Paregol, could have […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, May 6, 2019 By: Jane Luxton, Amanda L. Tharpe and William Walsh, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP A once obscure group of chemicals known as perfluorinated chemical substances (PFAS) have gripped national headlines in recent months, due to increasing concerns over potential health risks. PFAS have been used for many years in […]