Source: http://www.scienceworldreport.com, September 29, 2016 In the midst of Legionnaires’ Disease outbreak, investigation links a Memphis motel to 6,000 confirmed cases. On September 22, the Shelby County Health Department closed the La Quinta Inn located at 2979 Millbranch Road. According to Wreg, there were 6,000 reservations in the motel between July 1 and September 22, […]

Source: http://www.courierpostonline.com, September 23, 2016 By: James M. O’Neill A New Jersey agency has proposed adopting what would be the most stringent standard in the nation to control levels of a cancer-causing chemical linked to an array of health problems and which is prevalent in drinking water systems across the state. The chemical, commonly called […]

Source: http://www.reuters.com, September 28, 2016 By: Joshua Schneyer and M.B. Pell In this industrial northwest Indiana city, hundreds of families who live in a gated public housing community with prim lawns and a new elementary school next door are searching for new homes. Their own places have been marked for demolition. The school, temporarily closed, […]

Source: http://www.seattletimes.com, September 27, 2016 By: JoNel Aleccia A 32-year-old woman from Washington state had a heart transplant Aug. 8 at the University of Washington Medical Center, and later learned she was part of a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. She plans to sue. A 32-year-old Vancouver, Wash., woman who struggled with heart failure for […]

Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN), September 24, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com An Alabama water utility is suing North Georgia’s carpet manufacturers, saying they polluted the Conasauga and Coosa rivers with toxic chemicals that have undermined the quality of drinking supplies and encouraged many customers to switch to bottled water. The Gadsden Water Works and […]

Source: http://www.annistonstar.com, September 23, 2016 By: Zach Tyler The Alabama Department of Environmental Management on Friday announced a New Jersey-based company has filed a plan to clean up the remaining residue of an underground gasoline leak at an Oxford convenience store. The cleanup and monitoring of earth beneath the Texaco-branded Expressmart may continue for the […]

Source: http://www.dailyuw.com, September 26, 2016 By: Brendan Gerrity Following four infections and two deaths at the hospital’s Cascade Tower, the UW Medical Center (UWMC) has been straining to recover from and prevent further infections by the Legionella bacterium. The bacteria, which causes Legionnaires’ disease (a form of pneumonia), has so far been found in a […]

Source: http://www.denverpost.com, September 23, 2016 By: Kirk Mitchell Class-action certification sought by residents of Fountain, Security and Colorado Springs Nine residents of Fountain, Security and Colorado Springs with elevated levels of cancer-causing chemicals in their blood have sued The 3M Corporation and various manufacturers that produced and sold firefighting foams they claim has leached cancer-causing […]

Source: http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org, September 24, 2016 By: Lisa Sorg For more than 10 years, it has been forbidden to eat a single fish from Brier Creek Reservoir in Wake County. Areas downstream, such as Brier Creek and Little Brier Creek, were also off-limits. That prohibition extended for nearly 30 miles southwest, to Crabtree Creek, Lake Crabtree, […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 21, 2016 By: Laurie J. Sands, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP In a recent case, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection v. Trainer Custom Chemical, —- F. Supp. 3rd — (2016), 2016 WL 4525451, the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found that a current owner of […]

Source: http://www.crainsdetroit.com, September 19, 2016 By: Saulius Mikalonis “Because lead-based paint is the most important source of lead exposure for young children, the first essential element of primary prevention is implementation of strategies to control lead paint-contaminated house dust and soil and poorly maintained lead paint in housing.” — Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children, […]

Source: http://propertycasualtyfocus.com, September 216, 2016 By: Daniel G. Enriquez and Robert D. Helfand As this blog has reported, a line of cases deciding coverage disputes over faulty workmanship runs against (or, at least, around) a basic rule for interpreting insurance policies.  Under that rule, the scope of coverage is determined by a policy’s insuring clause, which […]