Source: https://www.wqpmag.com, February 6, 2019 The fire manufacturer delayed releasing information about the contamination for four years Tyco Fire Products, a Marinette, Wis., manufacturer of firefighting foam, knew there was soil and well contamination on its property dating back to October 2013, but failed to share the information with homeowners surrounding the property until November […]

Source: https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com, February 5, 2019 By: Jessie Stensland Lawyers for a North Whidbey woman filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against a manufacturing corporation and fire equipment companies they say are responsible for contamination of groundwater on the island with “highly toxic” chemicals found in a type of firefighting foam. Testing by the Navy […]

Source: https://www.enr.com, February 6, 2019 By: Scott Van Voorhis and Richard Korman With land surveys, contractors often expect some information will be missing. But how much? Fifteen years ago, El Paso Corp. decided to replace a 68-mile-long pipeline with a new one that would carry butane from Corpus Christi, Texas, to inland Air Force bases. […]

Source: https://missoulian.com, February 5, 2019 By: Keila Szpaller One surface test for asbestos in the McGill Hall preschool at the University of Montana showed 240,000 fibers per square centimeter on a shelf roughly three feet tall, according to GEM Environmental, Inc. One at a higher level that would require an adult to use a ladder […]

Source: https://www.oilandgas360.com, July 23, 2018 A jury verdict in a Texas court last week against an oil service company may have set the record for the largest civil penalty ever handed down in an accident involving a truck. The $101 million verdict exceeds by about $10 million a penalty assessed against Werner Enterprises earlier this year.  At […]

Source: https://www.businessreport.com, February 4, 2019 By: Stephanie Riegel The Texas subcontractor blamed in recent court filings for the structural failure that has stalled the under-construction downtown library for nearly 10 months now is denying culpability and pointing the finger at a Mississippi engineering firm. In court documents filed January 29, Houston-based Structural Consultants Associates, Inc.—which […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, February 4, 2019 Montana parents are demanding more information about high levels of asbestos found in a University of Montana building that housed a preschool. The Missoulian reports that the university moved the preschool students to another building on Tuesday after test results found “unacceptable levels” of asbestos. The building, McGill Hall, was […]

Source: constructionexec.com, February 1, 2019 By: Joe Reynolds, RT New Day After surging for years, the U.S. real estate marketplace may have finally peaked. According to the most recent Emerging Trends in Real Estate® report published jointly by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers, commercial realtors are entering a challenging environment earmarked by reduced construction […]

Source: https://www.mysanantonio.com, February 1, 2019 Brad Pitt’s ambitious housing project tried to rebuild a New Orleans neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina, but residents are now complaining that their homes are rotting, collapsing, and caving in. The damages have generated multiple lawsuits, including one against Pitt and his foundation, Make It Right. Pitt’s lawyers petitioned to have […]

Source: https://www.greatfallstribune.com, February 1, 2019 A Montana rail company official says it will likely take weeks to clean up a coal train derailment that happened this week east of Bozeman. Montana Rail Link spokesman Ross Lane tells the Bozeman Daily Chronicle that the company has started to remove coal, tainted soil and cars from the […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, January 30, 2019 By: John Fischer, Barnes & Thornburg LLP It is a situation we have seen time and again, including in several recent matters: a policyholder headquartered in State A is pursued by the regulators in State B for investigating and cleaning up contamination at the policyholder’s facility located in State B. […]

Source: http://www.rmmagazine.com, February 1, 2019 By: Jeannette David and Thomas P. Bernier In 1976, the first identified outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease sickened over 220 and killed 34 American Legionnaires attending a convention in Philadelphia. Caused by Legionella pneumophila bacteria, the disease is a severe form of pneumonia that results in cough, high fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and […]