Source: https://www.npr.org/, February 7, 2024 By: Alejandra Borunda When Cynthia Pinto-Cabrera developed asthma at 12, it didn’t seem that unusual to her. Lots of her classmates in California’s San Joaquin Valley carried inhalers to school. Her little brother needed a nebulizer every morning just to start his day breathing right. But when she left the […]

Source: https://plusblog.org/ In this continuous blog series, PLUS teams up with experienced industry professionals to explore the most recent market trends. In this edition, we highlight Craig Kavanagh, partner at Manire Galla Curley LLP. Throughout our conversation with Craig, he shared valuable perspectives on trends and risks in the professional liability market, sharing a distinctive […]

Source: https://www.npr.org/, February 2, 2024 By: Ayana Archie The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing that nine PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” be categorized as hazardous to human health. The EPA signed a proposal Wednesday that would deem the chemicals “hazardous constituents” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. For the agency to consider a […]

Source: https://www.michiganpublic.org/, February 1, 2024 By: Tracy Samilton A private engineering firm will pay $25 million to settle its part of a Flint water crisis lawsuit. Plaintiffs in the class-action case said Veolia North America failed to recommend the proper steps to keep lead out of the city’s drinking water. Read more.

Source: https://www.keloland.com/, February 1, 2024 By: Bridget Bennett The Downtown Sioux Falls Burger Battle wrapped up Wednesday, but one of the most popular burgers was not available for the final two days of the competition. Swamp Daddy’s is closed after some major damage to the building. “It literally looked like something out of a scene […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, February 1, 2024 By: Zachary Phillips Three people died and nine more sustained injuries when a privately owned airplane hangar under construction collapsed in Boise, Idaho, Wednesday. Five of those injured in the collapse, which occurred at 5 p.m. local time Wednesday, were in critical condition at nearby hospitals, according to a city press release. […]

Source: https://westfaironline.com/, January 30, 2024 By: Phil Hall Attorney General William Tong filed an enforcement action today against United Illuminating, a division of Avangrid (NYSE:AGR), for failing to remediate the contamination at its defunct English Station power plant in New Haven. English Station operated as a coal and oil-fired power plant for United Illuminating from […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, January 24, 2024 By: Gavin Souter A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that an Amtrust Financial Services Inc. unit must pay for the defense of a construction company facing a bodily injury claim related to the cleanup of the 2018 Camp Fire in California. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of […]

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/, January 28, 2024 Environmental officials in Ohio were back on the scene Sunday of a fiery tanker truck crash, working to contain thousands of gallons (liters) of diesel fuel that spilled during the accident. The truck that crashed Saturday morning, killing the driver, was carrying about 7,500 gallons (28,390 liters) of diesel, according […]

Source: https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/, January 25, 2024 By: Alex Brown The BP Whiting Refinery in northwest Indiana is working to clean up a pair of leaks that led to the release of toxic chemicals. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report the leaks are being blamed on recent subzero temperatures. Indiana Department of Environmental Management spokesperson Barry […]

Source: https://newschannel9.com/, January 26, 2024 By: AC Barker A chemical plant in Charleston, Tennessee knowingly exposed more than a hundred workers and their family members to hazardous levels of mercury, a ‘mass tort’ lawsuit filed this week claims. More than 150 plaintiffs have signed on to the lawsuit against Olin Chlor-Alkali, and lawyers tell us they […]

Source: https://www.mississippivalleypublishing.com/, January 26, 2024 By: Brad Vidmar The Burlington School District has released the details of their recently revealed $880,000 lawsuit settlement with construction manager Carl A. Nelson and Company (CANCO) for issues related to construction work performed at Aldo Leopold Intermediate School. In September 2020, the district filed a lawsuit against CANCO, Des […]