Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com, November 28, 2018 By: Judy Greenwald Neither asbestos nor environmental claims show signs of slowing down, says A.M. Best, in a report issued Wednesday, which estimates total asbestos and environmental ultimate losses of $146 billion. Meanwhile, a herbicide is potentially the next asbestos-level threat to public health, said Oldwick, New Jersey-based Best, in […]

Source: https://www.13wmaz.com, November 28, 2018 By: Avery Braxton The Mercer University Triangle is considered a hazardous site by the Environmental Protection Division. An area frequented by Mercer University students and Bibb County residents has been considered a hazardous site for years. The “Mercer University Triangle” lies right alongside Mercer Village and focused primarily where Montpelier […]

Source: http://www.liveinsurancenews.com, November 23, 2018 By: H. Cutner As standard property or general liability policies don’t cover enough, pollution coverage is increasingly common. Environmental liability insurance is rapidly growing in popularity as exposures have grown beyond the coverage from general liability and standard property policies. Claims relating to pollution and the environment are frequently complex […]

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com, November 20, 2018 By: Warren L. Wise Two years after Charleston International celebrated completion of its terminal expansion and overhaul, another legal tussle has cropped up. The airport’s oversight agency is now suing the architect and a subcontractor in state court for at least $1.5 million over the installation of a cable system […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, October 30, 2018 By: Doug Tabeling, Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP on behalf of ConsensusDocs Design flaws are a constant risk in construction, but the contractual allocation of that risk can sway considerably from project to project. Contract terms can vary from fully expressing an owner’s warranty of the sufficiency of plans and […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, November 26, 2018 By: Joe Beeton “There is no such thing as risk.” That was the bold message delivered by Grant Holland of Mott MacDonald at last month’s annual Design-Build Institute of America conference in New Orleans. “You cannot quantify, in definitive terms, a particular risk on a project. Every stakeholder has a […]

Source: https://www.delawareonline.com, November 26, 2018 By: Maddy Lauria, Karl Baker and Josephine Peterson It remains unclear what caused flammable toxic gas to seep into the air from Croda Inc.’s bio-ethanol plant north of New Castle Sunday night, but experts say the decision to close the Delaware Memorial Bridge was the safest bet. The incident shut down traffic […]

Source: http://www.wistv.com, November 26, 2018 By: Jason Raven For the first time in 38 years, Bonnie Saville’s daycare isn’t filled with children. Instead, it’s surrounded by fences and clean up crews in respirators. “It’s very devastating to see all the equipment and all the work being done,” Saville said. She’s the owner of Play Pals […]

Source: http://www.unionleader.com, November 26, 2018 By:Jason Schreiber Sands Resort Management Co. is facing three new lawsuits over an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at the Hampton Beach hotel during late summer that infected 18 people and resulted in one death. The lawsuits filed last week in Rockingham County Superior Court follow the first suit that was […]

Source: https://www.daytondailynews.com, November 21, 2018 By: Chris Stewart A $35-million cleanup agreement has been reached for the Valleycrest Landfill in Old North Dayton. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice finalized a consent decree with the responsible parties on the 104-acre Superfund site that’s in a mixed residential and industrial […]

Source: https://www.theblaze.com, November 23, 2018 By: Teri Webster The University of Maryland in College Park is contending with fears about whether a student’s death from adenovirus was related to mold found in campus dorm rooms. Five more students also have illnesses tied to the virus, but it isn’t clear if mold is the culprit, according to published […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com, November 19, 2018 By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Court”) addressed in an October 5th opinion a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) liability issue. See Pa. Dep’t of Envtl, Prot. v. Trainer Custom Chem., LLC, 906 F.3d 85 (3rd Cir. […]