Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 14, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The family of a Pittsburgh man who died in October after contracting a fungal infection while he was a cancer patient at UPMC Shadyside filed a lawsuit today alleging negligence by UPMC and the company that washes all of UPMC’s laundry, Paris Cleaners Inc. The lawsuit […]

Source: http://www.twcnews.com, February 10,2017 By: Geoff Redick The small Rensselaer County village rocked by a contaminated water crisis in 2016 is now facing the spectre of more chemicals, this time found in the village’s air. The news, published Thursday evening on the village website, comes from Honeywell International, a company that once operated a factory […]

Source: http://www.theintell.com, February 10, 2017 By: Kyle Bagenstose A tanker truck that overturned on state Route 611 in Warrington on Thursday night spilled at least 4,000 gallons of gasoline into a storm drain, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said Friday morning. The incident snarled morning rush-hour traffic Friday, and northbound 611 between Valley Square […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, February 7, 2017 By: Brian Margolies, Traub Lieberman Strauss & Shrewsberry LLP In its recent decision in Saarman Construction, Ltd. v. Ironshore Specialty Ins. Co., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13633 (N.D. Cal. Jan 31, 2017), the United States District Court for the Northern District of California had occasion to consider the application of […]

Source: http://www.bendbulletin.com, February 9, 2017 By: Marina Starleaf Riker A judge will decide whether the case will go to arbitration A Deschutes County Circuit Court judge said Wednesday he needs more information before he’ll make a decision about whether the city of Bend and a Washington-based construction company should settle an $8 million lawsuit in […]

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 7, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com The Butler Area School District put Summit Elementary School students at serious risk by concealing for months that its water supply contained dangerous amounts of lead, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday. The lawsuit comes two days after Superintendent Dale Lumley, who also is named […]

Source: http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org, February 8, 2017 By: Lisa Sorg At 1,100 acres, Sutton Lake is home to schools of largemouth bass, catfish and crappie. However, the lake also contains high levels of selenium, both in the surface water and in muscles of fish, a consequence of years of coal ash discharge from Duke Energy power plant near […]

Source: http://www.recordonline.com, February 3, 2017 By: Michael Randall The current owner of the former Star Expansion factory will undertake an investigation to determine the current status of pollutants at the state Superfund site. The state Department of Environmental Conservation says the investigation will look for things like groundwater contamination, concentrations of metal in the soil, […]

Source; http://newyork.cbslocal.com, February 3, 2017 The safety of a backyard or a vegetable garden is now in question for thousands of homeowners in Carteret who’ve been told their properties are contaminated. As CBS2’s Meg Baker reported, they are now suing. Residents of the industrial town started receiving letters from the U.S. Metals Co. a few […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, February 3, 2017 By: Andrea Wells With “smart” building becoming the gold standard in today’s commercial construction world, builders, building owners, workers and insurers are dealing with new technologies and risks. These smart technologies — from high tech gadgets aimed at increasing building efficiencies to wearable devices aimed at improving safety — are […]

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA), February 1, 2017 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A health care laundry oversight group that accredited the linen vendor embroiled in two wrongful death lawsuits connected to the UPMC mold crisis said Tuesday that its standards are extensive and rigorous. “Those standards deal with processing health care laundry in the safest manner possible […]

Source: http://www.stargazette.com, February 2, 2017 By: Amanda Renko The state Department of Environmental Conservation has recommended cleanup of the former Corning Hospital site under the state’s brownfield program. A site investigation turned up elevated levels of groundwater and soil contaminants at the two-parcel site in the City of Corning, according to information released Thursday by […]