Source: http://www.enr.com, October 17, 2016 By: Scott Van Voorhis Ruling Involved Addition to a Famous University of Pittsburgh Building A design firm’s insurance claim that was considered too vague by a federal judge may cost the University of Pittsburgh a chance to recover losses under an architects and engineers general liability policy that insured the designer. […]

Source: http://www.prnewswire.com, October 18, 2016 The Miller Law Firm has recovered $4,000,000 for the Library Court Community Association, a recovery of over $44,000 per condo unit reached in less than two years. This 91 unit condominium project, located in the Financial District of Downtown Los Angeles, was originally built in 1955 by Lincoln Savings.  Under […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, October 19, 2016 New York is offering free blood tests for residents of a Hudson Valley city where the water supply was contaminated with a toxic chemical in fire-fighting foam used at a nearby Air National Guard base. State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker announced Monday that testing in Newburgh will begin on Nov. […]

Source: http://www.prnewswire.com, October 18, 2016 The Miller Law Firm has recovered $4,000,000 for the Library Court Community Association, a recovery of over $44,000 per condo unit reached in less than two years. This 91 unit condominium project, located in the Financial District of Downtown Los Angeles, was originally built in 1955 by Lincoln Savings.  Under […]

Source: http://jacksonville.com, October 17, 2016 By: Steve Patterson A company fighting a city lawsuit over old industrial pollution around Jacksonville’s Hogans Creek has collected $4 million from environmental insurance policies a second company says show liability, papers filed by the second company say. That second company, Houston Pipe Line, says the payments show Continental Holdings […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, October 18, 2016 By: Garret Ellison A Novi-based gas station operator must reimburse the state $100,000 and submit detailed cleanup plans for 21 sites where leaking fuel storage tanks are or threatening to pollute soil and groundwater. The judicial consent order announced this week by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality gives Knight […]

Source: http://www.thetimesherald.com, October 17, 2016 By: Liz Shepard A Port Huron gas station is making progress in removing soil contaminated by leaking underground storage tanks. “They’ve been very cooperative, they really have,” Paul Owens, DEQ district supervisor for the remediation and redevelopment division, said of the Sunrise Convenience Stores. “They’re working with us, we’ve had […]

Source: http://www.boiseweekly.com, October 13, 2016 By: Annelise Eagleton A new report from the environmental watchdog group EWG asserts too many of America’s children could be exposed to toxic chemicals in thousands of U.S. schools. The report, The ABC’s of PCBs, authored by Harvard University professor Dr. Robert Herrick, concluded that as many as 26,000 U.S. schools […]

Source: http://therealdeal.com, October 16, 2016 Without admitting fault, Saltz Michelson agreed to settle a dispute over a Broward school design A Fort Lauderdale architecture firm will pay $1.56 million to the Broward County School District to settle a dispute over the design of an elementary school. Without admitting any fault, Saltz Michelson Architects agreed to […]

Source: http://www.reporternewspapers.net, October 14, 2016 By: John Ruch A possible buyer for North Springs Center at 7300 Roswell Road is working on a pollution cleanup deal that could speed the 9-acre shopping center’s redevelopment, according to the state Environmental Protection Division. The shopping center’s owner, North Springs Associates, has been working for a year to […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, October 11, 2016 By: Andrew Dodson More than $1 million in work to stabilize a multi-million dollar condominium project began this week, more than a year after a lawsuit alleging the building  had extensive construction defects was dismissed. In March 2014, 19 residents of the Boathouse Condominiums, 1111 N. Water St., in downtown […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, September 15, 2014 By: Cole Waterman Nineteen residents of a riverfront condominium complex in downtown Bay City are suing the various businesses that envisioned and constructed their abodes, claiming the structure is rife with defects. The residents of the Boathouse Condominiums at 1111 N. Water St. — Dan Blossom, Kris Blossom, Elizabeth Cooley, Carl Cooper, […]