Source: http://www.mlive.com, January 15, 2016 By: Scott Levin A spike in Legionnaires’ disease in Genesee County has further thrust Flint’s water crisis into the national spotlight. Legionnaires’ has impacted more than 80 people and caused 10 deaths in the Flint area since the city switched its water source to the Flint River in April 2014. A […]

Source: http://www.timesunion.com, January 16, 2016 By: Brian Nearing Walgreens owns former site of dry cleaning operation The state is still planning how to clean underground pollution from a former dry cleaners at a busy Loudonville intersection while weighing possible efforts to compel Walgreens, a national pharmacy chain that owns the property, to pay for the […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, January 15, 2016 By: Rebecca Forand One of the owners of the contaminated former Kiddie Kollege daycare site is not personally responsible for the cleanup, an appellate court ruled Thursday. In May 2014, a Superior Court judge found the former owner of the site, Accutherm Inc., and current owners Navillus Group and Jim Sullivan […]

Source: http://www.swissre.com Construction work can be dangerous. The OSHA figures show that in 2013, 4,585 workers were killed on the job. That’s 88 deaths per week, or more than 12 deaths per day. The “fatal four” leading causes of worker fatalities in construction are falls, being struck by falling objects, electrocution, and getting caught in […]

Source: Great American Insurance Insurance Group, January 15, 2016 Great American Insurance Group’s Environmental Division is pleased to announce the launch of its enhanced Professional and Contracting Services policy. The policy speaks to many exposures now faced by contractors, including: Mitigation Costs Coverage Additional Limits for Legal Expense Public Relations Expense Coverage Emergency Response Costs […]

Source: http://www.timesunion.com, January 13, 2016 By: Brian Nearing Ex-Al Tech site needs more pollution cleanup now at public expense More than 15 years after announcing a “comprehensive” pollution cleanup plan at the sprawling former Al Tech Specialty Steel plant, the state has found more pollution, including toxic PCBs, than was first believed. And a multimillion-dollar […]

Source: http://www.swissre.com Offshore punitive wrap policies In the mid-1980s, Bermuda-based insurers not regulated by state insurance departments in the US began to offer policies to “fill the gap” created by the inconsistent treatment of insurability. These policies became known as off-shore punitive wraps. An off-shore punitive wrap policy fills the gap when the on-shore “wrapped” […]

Source: http://www.gazettextra.com, January 13, 2016 By: Elliot Hughes JANESVILLE—General Motors expects to complete its own evaluation of a contaminated portion of the Rock River near its defunct Janesville plant by May, a spokesperson said Wednesday. After that, the company will talk with the city of Janesville and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources—the lead agency […]

Source: http://www.theatlantic.com, January 13, 2016 By: Matt Ford The city’s public-health crisis grows after Michigan officials announce 10 people have died from the waterborne illness since 2014. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced Wednesday that Flint, Michigan, and the surrounding Genesse County have seen a spike in Legionnaires’ disease over the past year, killing 10 people […]

Source: http://www.donovanhatem.com, Design and Construction Management Reporter, January 2016 By: By Lucas M. Blackadar, Esq. and Jonathan A. Barnes, Esq. In 1996, construction of the law school at the University of Connecticut(“University”) was completed. In 2008, the State of Connecticut (“State”) and the University sued the design professionals and contractors that worked on the University […]

Source: http://www.cleveland.com, January 11, 2016 By: Brenda Cain MORELAND HILLS, Ohio – Even though the Sunoco gas station at the corner of Chagrin Boulevard and SOM Center Road is open again, the Sunoco corporation must clean up an old, unintentional gas spill. Bill Krugh, of the Ohio Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulation said soil […]

Source: http://www.texaslawyer.com, January 11,2 016 By: Miriam Rozen The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science Advisory Board produced this month a draft of proposed revisions to a 2015-issued report, and in it echoed Texas anti-fracking plaintiffs’ concerns about alleged water contamination. Specifically, the EPA’s advisory board draft review proposed that the federal agency revisit the contamination […]