Source: http://news10.com, January 18, 2017 By: Noel McLaren Ricketts Dry Cleaning has been shut down for about three years, but the EPA says its chemicals are still here and may have seeped into the ground water. “I mean it affects your whole quality of life, your everything, your property value, your health,” said Beverly Thompson. […]

Source: http://abc7ny.com, January 18, 2017 By: Lucy Yang Englewood Hospital is facing a different kind of emergency: lead contamination in its water. According to the medical center: “Water samples tested on December 21, 2016, from some of our buildings were found to have levels of lead which exceed the federal action level of 15 parts […]

Source: http://www.mndaily.com, January 18, 2017 By: Katie Hutton It was originally thought that the trichloroethylene contamination was from a single source, but research has found multiple more sources north of Hennepin Ave. Officials don’t know where additional soil contamination from trichloroethylene and other chemicals that have been found in the Southeast Como area are coming […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, December 21, 2016 By: James M. McClammer, Manko Gold Katcher & Fox Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied Alcoa Domestic LLC’s request that the court dismiss claims against it regarding a previously owned site, finding that Alcoa may be in breach of the Purchase and Sales […]

Source: http://wfae.org, January 18, 2016 By: David Boraks A plan to redevelop an old mill in downtown Davidson has led to the discovery – or re-discovery – of disease-causing asbestos on the site and around the neighborhood. As officials figure out how to clean it up, historical fears and concerns have surfaced as well. The […]

Read here about a nearly $7 million settlement that has been reached between the University of Oregon and the architect/engineer that built a dorm.

Source: http://www.dailyfreeman.com, January 9, 2017 By: Paul Kirby Residents near the former Washington Avenue sinkhole are suing the city and construction firms for damage allegedly done to their properties in the course of remediation work. The lawsuit — filed in state Supreme Court in Ulster County — claims similar damages to the properties of all […]

Source: http://www.eagletribune.com, January 10, 2017 By: Keith Eddings When did the city know of faulty construction at the Guilmette School that led to mold problems and forced the shuttering of the school in 2010? That’s what a judge hearing Lawrence’s $6.5 million claim against the contractor who built the Guilmette School wanted to know from the […]

Source: http://finance.yahoo.com, January 10, 2017 The Miller Law Firm has recovered $2,330,000 for a Hayes Valley Homeowners Association for construction defects, a record recovery of nearly $73,000 per-unit reached in just 14 months from filing the complaint in San Francisco Superior Court.  In the last 5 years alone, numerous San Francisco Condo Associations represented by […]

Source: http://www.redbluffdailynews.com, January 7, 2017 Environmental cleanup is slated to start Monday at the site of a former Pacific Gas & Electric Co. manufactured gas plant along the Sacramento River in downtown. Under the oversight of the Department of Toxic Substances Control, PG&E will clean up site soils impacted by historic gas making activities at […]

Source: http://www.nola.com, December 28, 2016 By: Wilborn P. Nobles III A federal judge last week dismissed a lawsuit against contractors involved in a major drainage project that allegedly damaged property in Uptown New Orleans. U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt threw out a complaint Dec. 20 that was filed by the Sewerage and Water Board against Cajun Constructors Inc., […]

Source: http://www.cnbc.com, December 21, 2016 By: Berkeley Lovelace Jr. DuPont was ordered on Wednesday to pay $2 million after a jury found the company liable for diseases linked to a Teflon-making chemical, Reuters reported. The multinational chemical giant will pay a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked […]