Source: http://www.dailyfreeman.com, January 9, 2017 By: Paul Kirby Residents near the former Washington Avenue sinkhole are suing the city and construction firms for damage allegedly done to their properties in the course of remediation work. The lawsuit — filed in state Supreme Court in Ulster County — claims similar damages to the properties of all […]

Source: http://www.eagletribune.com, January 10, 2017 By: Keith Eddings When did the city know of faulty construction at the Guilmette School that led to mold problems and forced the shuttering of the school in 2010? That’s what a judge hearing Lawrence’s $6.5 million claim against the contractor who built the Guilmette School wanted to know from the […]

Source: http://finance.yahoo.com, January 10, 2017 The Miller Law Firm has recovered $2,330,000 for a Hayes Valley Homeowners Association for construction defects, a record recovery of nearly $73,000 per-unit reached in just 14 months from filing the complaint in San Francisco Superior Court.  In the last 5 years alone, numerous San Francisco Condo Associations represented by […]

Source: http://www.redbluffdailynews.com, January 7, 2017 Environmental cleanup is slated to start Monday at the site of a former Pacific Gas & Electric Co. manufactured gas plant along the Sacramento River in downtown. Under the oversight of the Department of Toxic Substances Control, PG&E will clean up site soils impacted by historic gas making activities at […]

Source: http://www.nola.com, December 28, 2016 By: Wilborn P. Nobles III A federal judge last week dismissed a lawsuit against contractors involved in a major drainage project that allegedly damaged property in Uptown New Orleans. U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt threw out a complaint Dec. 20 that was filed by the Sewerage and Water Board against Cajun Constructors Inc., […]

Source: http://www.cnbc.com, December 21, 2016 By: Berkeley Lovelace Jr. DuPont was ordered on Wednesday to pay $2 million after a jury found the company liable for diseases linked to a Teflon-making chemical, Reuters reported. The multinational chemical giant will pay a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked […]

Source: http://www.construction-today.com, December 22, 2016 By: Thomas J. Madigan When building information modeling (BIM) technology first gained widespread use, commentators warned of new legal risks posed by the information sharing and collaboration essential to the process. Contractors and designers became worried that BIM could alter the traditional allocation of risk between them. The potential impact […]

Source: STAT News, December 27, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Neighbors of Dartmouth College property where for years the Ivy League school disposed of mice and other small animals used in science experiments say they fear pollution from the site has contaminated their groundwater and they worry the school hasn’t been completely up front with them. […]

Source: Providence Journal (RI), December 23, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday that a settlement agreement worth an estimated $40.3 million has been filed in federal court that will continue the cleanup of the Peterson/Puritan Superfund site, a polluted property that covers 980 acres in Cumberland and Lincoln along […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 21, 2016 By: James M. McClammer, Manko Gold Katcher & Fox Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied Alcoa Domestic LLC’s request that the court dismiss claims against it regarding a previously owned site, finding that Alcoa may be in breach of the Purchase and Sales […]

Source: http://www.ac-lawyers.com, December 8, 2016 By: John P. Ahlers Implied warranties are warranties created by law, legislation, or courts.  In the construction industry, one of the most prominent implied warranties is that owners who provide plans and specifications to their contractors impliedly warrant the adequacy of their plans and specifications.[i]  That implied warranty had its […]

Source: http://theind.com, December 20, 2016 By: Wynce Nolley Local attorney continues his fight to protect Lafayette’s main source of drinking water Lafayette environmental attorney William Goodell held a press conference in front of the Rosa Parks Transportation Center Tuesday afternoon ahead of the I-49 Executive Committee’s regular monthly meeting to discuss how the proposed I-49 […]