Source: http://www.capegazette.com, November 10, 2017 By: Maddy Lauria Company must provide neighbors with clean water State officials say Mountaire Farms’ Millsboro plant has been polluting groundwater and failing to comply with its state permit to dispose of wastewater on nearby farm fields. Health risks because of the pollution require Mountaire to provide its immediate neighbors with […]

Source: https://stlrecord.com, November 10, 2017 By: Sam Knef The Missouri Supreme Court has sided with an insurer that appealed a judgment entered by a St. Louis County judge over pollution claims at a smelting facility in Peru that is owned by a company it covers. In a unanimous opinion filed Oct. 31, the high court reversed St. […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, November 9, 2017 By: Luke Nozicka The borough has reached a more than $7 million settlement with the owner of an old metals-refining factory to complete its cleanup of contaminated areas at its former smelter site. The settlement requires U.S. Metals Refining Company to pay $4.25 million to end further litigation and to fund environmental and public health […]

Source: https://www.claimsjournal.com, November 8, 2017 By: James P. Koelzer Partner, Clyde & Co. and Holly S. Harvey Partner, Clyde & Co. The aftermath of this year’s hurricanes includes massive reconstruction across the impacted areas, which in turn creates an increased possibility for construction defect claims that would affect the liability insurance market. When Hurricane Harvey swept over […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com, November 5, 2017 By: Jon Wertheim It’s a story as old as cities themselves: prosperity comes to town and triggers a building boom. In modern San Francisco, rows of skyscrapers have begun lining the downtown streets and recasting the skyline, monuments to the triumph of the tech sector. Leading this wave, the Millennium […]

Source: http://www.surfky.com, November 8, 2017 By: Tammy Holloway The Hopkins County School District has reached a settlement in its lawsuit against Associated Engineers involving the old Tech Center along Grapevine Road. Nearly six years after construction was halted on the building, the board has reached an agreement with the engineering firm hired by the district […]

Source:https://www.lexology.com, November 7, 2017 By: Sean M. Golden, Vandeventer Black It is common on commercial construction projects for the owner to hire the architect to perform services during construction, in addition to designing the project. Among other things, the architect’s construction phase services will typically consist of periodic observations and evaluations of the progress of […]

Source: http://www.constructionbusinessowner.com, October 26, 2017 By: Jeffery M. Slivka & Bill Webb, New Day Underwriting Managers LLC 4 alternatives for securing against construction project professional liability No matter whether it is designed to protect owners, architects, engineers or general contractors, the securing of project professional liability coverage can be complicated. Professional liability exposure exists for […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, October 9, 2017 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: OSHA has cited a California general contractor and subcontractor for safety violations related to a fatal wall collapse and has fined the companies a total of $86,975, according to NBC San Diego. Fernando Martinez, a 51-year-old employee of subcontractor Southland Paving, was digging a trench […]

Source: http://www.sj-r.com, October 30, 2017 By: Tim Landis The nine-month, $1.8 million cleanup at the former Pillsbury Mills plant in Springfield — including tons of asbestos-contaminated debris — should be completed this week with removal of barrels containing waste oil and other chemicals. Federal and state court cases, meanwhile, are pending against the site owners. […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, October 23, 2017 By: Rachel Jacobson and Nathaniel Custer, WilmerHale On October 4, the Ninth Circuit reversed the District Court for the Southern District of California’s decision to allocate to a government contractor 100 percent of cleanup costs for hazardous contamination at a manufacturing facility for failure to consider the involvement of the […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, October 24, 2017 By: Adam Levine, CPA, Ostrow Reisin Berk & Abrams Every business requires comprehensive insurance coverage to protect its assets and income. However, property owners and developers need to consider more than just general liability, workers’ compensation and business interruption policies. Professional Liability Insurance Real estate development projects often span months […]