Source: https://www.msn.com, September 24, 2018 By: Sarah Meehan Record rainfall and warm weather have allowed mold to thrive in schools in Maryland and beyond, forcing the relocation of some students as classrooms and dorms are purged. Mold led to the relocation of students at Callaway Elementary School in Northwest Baltimore from contaminated classrooms on the […]

Source: http://www.wicz.com, September 24, 2018 By: Briana Supardi Cleanup of the contamination related to the Former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) site on Court Street is set to begin this month, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation. The site is located at 271 Court St in Binghamton. The cleanup will be under New York’s State […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com Environmental Insider, September 2018 Be ready when life happens. These real situations taken from our claims files illustrate the variety of environmental exposures that could just as easily have affected your customers! A Commercial Lender Environmental Policy was purchased by a lender upon closing of loan for a mid-size retail strip mall. Following […]

Source: New York Times Online, September 19, 2018 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The record-breaking rains that started with Hurricane Florence are continuing to strain North Carolina’s hog lagoons. Because of the storm, at least 110 lagoons in the state have either released pig waste into the environment or are at imminent risk of doing so, according to data […]

Source: https://www.pennlive.com, September 8, 2018 Mold has once again disrupted the start of school at assorted Harrisburg region schools. The unusually wet, humid weather — ideal for mold — is the main reason for the outbreaks. But it’s also likely greater awareness and concern about mold has fueled the decisions to shut down classrooms and […]

Source: http://www.fox29.com, September 17, 2018 Students at Upper Perkiomen High School will be heading back to class Monday after the school was closed last week due to mold issues. The school operated on a two-hour delay Monday morning to allow teachers time to prepare their classrooms after the time off. As reported on the school’s […]

Source: http://www.unionleader.com, September 9, 2018 By: Paul Feely Two Massachusetts women who say they contracted Legionnaires’ Disease after staying at The Sands Resort in August have filed a lawsuit against the hotel and its principals. The lawsuit was filed Friday in Rockingham County Superior Court by Attorney Emile R. Bussiere, Jr., of Manchester on behalf […]

Source: https://www.nj.com, September 7, 2018 By: Allison Pries Students at North Brunswick High School were sent home early Friday after mold was discovered in a wing of the sprawling school. The district conducted air quality tests after an HVAC unit broke and was rush repaired overnight, Superintendent Brian Zychowski said. “Because of what we’re seeing at […]

Source: https://www.asumag.com, September 10, 2018 By: Mike Kennedy Upper Perkiomen High School in Pennsburg, Pa., will be closed while workers clean the building an doverhaul the HVAC system. A high school in Pennsylvania will be closed for the entire week because of mold contamination. Upper Perkiomen High School in Pennsburg, Pa., will be closed from Sept. 10 through Sept. 14, Upper Perkiomen District […]

Source: https://www.law.com, July 24, 2018 By: Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal This story is reprinted with permission from FC&S Legal, the industry’s only comprehensive digital resource designed for insurance coverage law professionals. Visit the website to subscribe. A federal district court in Florida has ruled that a pollution exclusion in an insurance policy issued to […]

Source: https://www.msn.com, September 7, 2018 By: Aria Bendix At 58 stories and 645 feet high, the luxury Millennium Tower is the tallest concrete structure in San Francisco. It’s also one of the most unstable. On Saturday, an apartment owner detected a large fissure in his window on the high-rise’s 36th floor, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Earlier that […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, August 30, 2018 By: Michael S. Levine and Latosha M. Ellis, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP In a victory for policyholders, and an honorable mention for Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, a federal judge in Virginia ruled that the dispersal of concrete dust that damaged inventory stored in an aircraft part distributor’s warehouse was a pollutant, as defined by […]