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Source: http://www.thelegalintelligencer.com, July 7, 2017 By: Joshua R. Lorenz, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott When contractors hear the phrase “risk management” they often think of on-the-job duties first. Do I have the correct safety protocols in place? Am I managing our project timelines accurately? Are my workers being compensated fairly? While these questions are all important […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, July 6, 2017 By: Judy Greenwald A 1989 settlement that released insurers, including a Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. subsidiary, from any future claims arising from environmental contamination at five facilities did not include a New Jersey storage battery facility because it was not specifically named, says a federal appeals court in a […]

Source: http://www.pe.com, July 6, 2017 By: Alicia Robinson State geologists are looking for contamination on more than two dozen Riverside properties that surround a former sewer plant where an environmental cleanup already is underway. They began collecting soil samples in the backyards of several homes and nearby Rutland Park in the city’s Arlanza neighborhood on […]

Source: http://www.latimes.com, July 6, 2017 By: Tony Barboza Lead will be removed from the soil of 2,500 of the worst contaminated residential properties including dozens of child-care centers near a shuttered battery recycling plant under a plan released Thursday by state regulators. The Department of Toxic Substances Control plan sets in motion the next two […]

Source: Contra Costa Times (Walnut creek, CA), July 4, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The Valero oil refinery is seeking $75 million from PG&E in a federal lawsuit that blames the utility for a May 5 power outage that disrupted gasoline production for a month, damaged equipment, and showered tons of air pollution on downwind areas. […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, July 5, 2017 By: Williams Mullen If you are a design professional providing services in Virginia, or a general contractor on a public works project for the Commonwealth of Virginia, you need to know of two Virginia Supreme Court decisions in 2016. You ask why? The answer is because your current practices and […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 29, 2017 By: R. Bruce Wallace, Nexsen Pruet Recently, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina granted judgment in favor of an insurance carrier, finding the carrier did not owe a duty of defense or a duty to indemnify the insured in an underlying professional malpractice claim. In […]

Source: http://theislandnow.com, July 1, 2017 Lockheed Martin must test for radioactive materials at a Lake Success office building it owns after radium was found in soil being removed from the site, state authorities said Friday. Three of four samples from the affected truckload of soil tested positive for radium on June 27 at levels beyond […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, May 17, 2017 On April 28, 2017, the Texas Supreme Court held that landowners have a clear path to the courthouse to pursue claims against oil companies for oilfield contamination. Forrest Oil Corp., n/k/a Sabine Oil & Gas v. El Rucio Land and Cattle Co., — S.W.3d. – (Tex. 2017); Forest Oil Corp., […]

Source: http://www.meadvilletribune.com, June 29, 2017 By: Keith Gushard Crawford County has reached a financial settlement with its architectural firm for errors involving additional site work costs at the former Talon Inc. property and the county having to buy a high density file storage system for the new judicial center. County commissioners Wednesday unanimously approved an […]

Source: http://safety.blr.com, June 30, 2017 Just a month after a worker died while working in an unprotected trench, OSHA inspectors found another employee of the same Missouri plumbing contractor working in an unprotected trench at another jobsite. OSHA inspectors found that, in both cases, the contractor failed to provide basic safeguards to prevent trench collapse […]