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 […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, February 2, 2017 By: William C. Wagner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Two commercial property owners find themselves responsible for decades-old environmental contamination because they failed to conduct proper environmental due diligence before their purchase and they bought short-tail, claims-made insurance policies with a claims-in-process exclusion that did not offer any protection against […]

Source: http://www.njspotlight.com, February 2, 2017 By: Tom Johnson Top court rules that insurers remain liable for cleaning up pollution even if original policy has been reassigned due to corporate mergers or restructuring The state Supreme Court yesterday ruled that insurers can be held liable for cleaning up environmental pollution at a site even though the […]

Source: http://news10.com, February 1, 2017 By: Noel McLaren As more questions arise about the chemical contamination coming from an abandoned dry cleaning shop in Ballston Spa, it turns out the village wasn’t notified about the concerns until months after an investigation had already begun. The EPA says Saratoga County called them to investigate the Ricketts […]

Source: http://www.mycentraljersey.com, February 1, 2017 By: Nick Muscavage Five years after a metal smelting company agreed to investigate and clean up potential contamination in the yards of nearby homes, some borough residents began receiving letters from the company informing them that their properties contain contaminants above New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s clean-up and action levels. […]

Source: http://www.csindy.com, February 1, 2017 By: Pam Zubeck Toxic legacy On March 4, 2013, Kat Tudor stood in a parking lot in downtown Colorado Springs and got slapped in the face with dust from the lot next door. “I was covered with dirt and choking,” she recalled a few weeks later. Crews were busy tearing […]

Source: https://www.adn.com, January 31, 2017 By: Devin Kelly The city of Anchorage has reached settlements with three remaining contractors involved in the botched Port of Anchorage expansion project, ending a lawsuit that stretched nearly three years and recouped only a fraction of what the city had sought in damages. Engineering firm CH2M Hill Alaska Inc. […]

Source: http://www.bendbulletin.com, January 29, 2017 By: Marina Starleaf Riker City being sued for what construction company calls ‘extraordinary’ number of design errors Budgeting issues, design flaws and construction defects were among a number of challenges the city of Bend dealt with while expanding its sewer treatment plant. Next month, the city will be responsible for […]

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com, February 1, 2017 By: James Tarmy and Kartikay Mehrotra The Millennium Tower is still sinking, and residents might be stuck paying for the fixes themselves. Nina Agabian, a retired director of research in global health science at the University of California, bought a 29th-floor apartment in San Francisco’s Millennium Tower in 2010. “It was […]