Source: Detroit Free Press, August 5, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Health officials across the state are trying to determine what’s causing a 143% increase in cases of Legionnaires’ disease, a respiratory infection that can be deadly, especially for people with weak immune systems. “In the warm months, there is an increase in Legionnaires’,” said Jennifer […]

Read here about almost $400 million in environmental lawsuits that DuPont has agreed to settle.

A state agency says their plan meets federal standards Young children play in the back yard under the shade of an avocado tree. The kids dig holes while their grandfather makes homemade guacamole. It’s a scene that’s played out at the Mariz family home in Maywood for years. But no more. “They found lead throughout […]

Source: http://www.dailyjournal.net, August 6, 2017 By: Annie Goeller In the coming months, crews will begin removing truckloads of soil from a downtown Franklin property, with the goal of cleaning up contamination left behind by a former manufactured gas plant. Duke Energy is doing the work, which will be similar to another remediation project on Home […]

Source: http://www.constructionexec.com, July 27, 2017 By: Gina M. Vitiello Is it reasonable for a subcontractor bidding on a design-build project to assume that the designer has followed the owner’s requirements in preparing the preliminary design documents? The answer is yes, according to a recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, […]

Source: http://enewsletters.constructionexec.com, July 27, 2017 By: Jeff Slivka, New Day Underwriting Managers LLC It’s no secret. America’s infrastructure is in a deep state of disrepair. Using a simple A to F ranking system, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) rated the nation’s overall infrastructure as a D+ in its recently released 2017 Infrastructure Report […]

Source: http://wreg.com, July 31, 2017 By: Mike Suriani The Environmental Protection Agency just announced that the site of the former Custom Cleaners on Southern is officially a “Superfund” site. They say it’s contaminated with a chemical commonly called PCE. Dry cleaners use it to clean clothes. Some doctors say this chemical causes cancer, organ failure […]

Source: http://www.dailyprogress.com, July 31, 2017 By: Bob Stuart A federal judge on Friday approved the settlement for damages from DuPont’s mercury contamination of the South River, but did not order any of the $42 million settlement be used for projects in Waynesboro, including a much-discussed trout grow-out facility. U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski did note in […]

Source: http://www.sbnonline.com, August 1, 2017 By: Adam Burroughs No construction project is perfect. Regardless of how much experience the participants might have, mistakes, deficiencies and disputes happen. “There is near certitude of flaws and conflict in the construction process,” says John M. Tedder, Shareholder and Director at Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C., and a member […]

Source: http://www.njlawjournal.com, July 31, 2017 By: Lewis Goldshore The past and future terms During the New Jersey Supreme Court’s 2016-2017 term two significant environmental law cases were decided. One of the rulings limited the state’s potential liability pursuant to the Spill Compensation and Control Act. The other enabled policyholders to assign their rights to an […]

Source: Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO), July 31, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The defendants have moved to dismiss a sweeping lawsuit over chemicals polluting the Widefield Aquifer. The suit, brought last fall, alleges that chemical giant 3M and other firms that sold firefighting foam to the Air Force should have known that it contained dangerous perfluorinated […]

Source: Mondaq Business Briefing, July 28, 2017 By: Mr Adam H. Fleischer and Joanna Gau Swartout Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Absolute pollution exclusions are intended to exclude coverage for virtually all pollution-related claims under commercial general liability insurance policies. However, jurisdictions across the country have varied in their treatment of these exclusions, with some jurisdictions applying […]