Source: http://www.texaslawyer.com, May 2, 2016 By: David Walton and
Brandan Montminy Eight years later, in U.S. Metals Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Group Inc., the court addressed a policyholder’s effort to significantly expand CGL policies to cover construction and product defects. Focused less on the scope of the insuring agreement as in Lamar Homes and more on […]

Source: http://www.inforum.com, April 28, 2016 By: Forum News Service Wastewater spills from North Dakota oil production have caused widespread water and soil contamination, researchers from Duke University say in a new study. Researchers who took soil and water samples near the sites of some of North Dakota’s largest oil-related spills found high levels of ammonium, […]

Source: http://nreionline.com, April 29, 2016 By: Brian Dove From condominiums to office buildings to mixed-use properties, the dramatic increase in claims triggered by environmental incidents is affecting real estate properties of all types. Unexpected clean-up costs, regulatory fines and penalties, third party lawsuits, rental income loss, devalued properties and reputational damage are the direct causes […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 28, 2016 By: Hunton & Williams LLP In April 2015, we issued a Client Alert analyzing the Court of Appeals of Georgia’s opinion in Smith v. Ga. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 331 Ga. App. 780, 771 S.E. 2d 452 (2015), which held that lead-based paint is not a pollutant in the […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, April 28, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com For all its ills, New York Penn Station can count one more: toxic contamination on at least two of its tracks. Amtrak has launched a cleanup at the widely ridiculed and crowded station after tests found chemicals known as PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, on […]

Source: http://knoxblogs.com, April 25, 2016 News release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ATLANTA — The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that OXY USA Inc., a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Company, has agreed to clean up contaminated water and sediments in the Ocoee River and one of its […]

Source: http://www.buffalonews.com, April 25, 2016 By: Harold McNeil Developer wants town to sign off on plans The developer of the former Westwood Country Club golf course has said it intends to spend $238 million to turn the land into single-family homes, townhouses and business properties. Before it can proceed with those plans, however, Mensch Capital […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, April 25, 2016 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Officials in Vermont, New Hampshire and New York are expanding their efforts to find out how much of a potentially toxic chemical ended up in drinking water, from private wells to public water systems. Factories for decades used the chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid or PFOA, […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, April 22, 2016 By: David Beck, Pillsbury – Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real Estate Law The recent decision of Allied Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Metro North Condominium Associates highlights why only a minority of jurisdictions still hold to the fiction that construction defects cannot give rise to an “occurrence” covered under a […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 21, 2016 By: John R. Lockard, Vandeventer Black LLP The Supreme Court of Virginia recently addressed construction contractors’ potential liability for damages caused by design defects. In William H. Gordon Associates, Inc. v. Heritage Fellowship Church, a church hired an engineering firm to design a rain tank system to provide storm water […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 12, 2016 By: Corey N. Giroux, Strang, Scott, Giroux & Young, LLP New Hampshire has enacted a dispute resolution statute for residential construction defect claims made by homeowners that, among other things, provides contractors notice and opportunity to resolve alleged construction defects prior to a disgruntled owner instituting litigation against them. Despite […]

Source: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com, April 25, 2016 The global slump in commodities, marked by low prices of raw materials like lead and copper, is leading to old electronics being dumped and e-recycling companies improperly disposing of them, NBC News reported. A Kentucky company was caught last year burying old TVs and other electronics devices in a 10-foot-deep […]