Source: https://www.wral.com/, November 20, 2023 By: Keely Arthur</span. New records obtained by WRAL 5 On Your Side reveal that North Carolina State University was aware of concerns regarding cancer-causing toxic chemicals inside Poe Hall over a month and a half before the university decided to evacuate the building. Read more.

Source: https://www.wcax.com/, November 21, 2023 By: Melissa Cooney Forever chemicals are festering inside some of Vermont’s schools. PCBs were a common component in building materials used prior to 1980. They have a lot of health risks, like cancer and other illnesses. To address the problem, the state launched a first-in-the-nation pilot program for PCBs. It’s […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, November 15, 2023 By: Amy L. Diviney, Plunkett Cooney PC A New Jersey Appellate Court affirmed the trial court’s judgment for the insurer-defendant, Great Northern Insurance Company (Great Northern), in a condominium water intrusion suit, finding that policy exclusions applied to bar the plaintiff’s first- and third-party claims for property damage. Pioneer AP […]

Source: https://www.kwch.com/, November 16, 2023 By: Branden Stitt and Matt Heilman A major construction project in Bel Aire continues to cause frustration with no clear end in sight, two years after it began. The incomplete Woodlawn roadwork raises numerous questions, chief among which are why the work isn’t done and what mistakes happened along the […]

Source: https://www.iamagazine.com/, October 30, 2023 By: Jude Sedliak Social inflation is wreaking havoc on the real estate professionals errors & omissions segment, leading to an increasing number of lawsuits and astronomical settlement amounts. While no real estate professional is safe thanks to a cooling housing market, property managers are seeing more than their fair share […]

Source: https://www.irmi.com/, October 30, 2023 By: Jeff Slivka Rectification coverage today has become a common insuring agreement or coverage part under a typical contractors professional liability policy (CPrL). Claims that trigger the rectification insuring agreement are on the rise with nearly every insurer offering the coverage in both frequency and severity. Known by some as […]

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/, November 10, 2023 By: Brett Chase When an American Airlines jetliner caught fire on an O’Hare Airport runway in October 2016, firefighters rushed to the scene. Within three minutes, they’d blanketed the flames with a suffocating foam, a product used at airports for half a century. Known as AFFF, it has been used […]

Source: Berkley Construction Professional A general contractor was hired to build a new home and its CAD operator designed the home with a structural flaw that caused the roof to collapse during construction resulting in significant property  damage and injury to workers on the site. The total amount paid to resolve this claim was  $375,000.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/, November 8, 2023 By: Sara Cardine Chevron will pay Orange County $1.25 million for removing gallons of oil that leaked from a ruptured pipeline into the Talbert Channel in Huntington Beach last year, according to a settlement agreement reached Tuesday. A contractor crew working for the county’s Department of Public Works was enhancing […]

Source: https://www.iamagazine.com/, November 6, 2023 By: Diane Mika and Wayne Brockington There has been a steady increase in both the frequency and severity of architects & engineers (A&E) professional liability claims over the past few years as economic and social inflation continue to expand. This volatility has led many insurance providers to reduce their appetites for A&E […]

Source: https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/, November 6, 2023 By: Kate Carlson Extensive contamination at the former Sappi paper mill site on Muskegon Lake has gained renewed attention since a developer recently announced a major plan to repurpose the 122-acre property with housing, retail and public access. The site on the south shore of Muskegon Lake was the home of Sappi […]

Source: https://www.newscentermaine.com/, November 7, 2023 By: Vivien Leigh Scientists, farmers impacted by PFAS chemicals, educators, and nonprofit groups gathered Tuesday in Waterville to find new ways to farm in the aftermath of forever chemicals. The meeting at Colby College is a follow-up to a National Symposium held last month at Michigan State University. Farmers impacted by PFAS […]