Source: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com, October 25, 2014 By: Paul Srubas NCR Corp. continued to produce carbonless copy paper well after learning a chemical involved in the manufacturing process posed a long-term risk to human health and the vitality of the Fox River, a federal appellate court has found. The company knew long before area paper recyclers did […]

Source: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com, October 28, 2014 By: Ted Booker To foreclose on a tax-troubled North Main Street property in the village, Jefferson County soon will choose either to pay the state Department of Environmental Conservation about $160,000 for clearing it of contamination, or wait for the state to claw back that cost from the property owner. […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, October 26, 2014 By: Douglas McLeod Ace Ltd. issues exclusion for some policies The possible spread of the Ebola virus in the United States is raising coverage concerns under commercial insurance ranging from general liability to the business interruption protection of property policies. Potential problems — such as whether an Ebola case triggers […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, October 23, 2014 By: Anthony B. Cavender, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP On October 20, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit unanimously affirmed the lower court’s ruling that the commercial liability insurance policies purchased by Headwaters Resources, Inc. contained unambiguous “pollution exclusion” provisions which excluded Headwaters’ demand that its […]

Source: The Charleston Gazette (WV), October 26, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com One of the nation’s best-known experts on the Marcellus Shale concluded that more investigation is needed before a Houston firm is allowed to move forward with natural gas wells near the site of a “near-catastrophic” fracking incident at a Marshall County chemical plant. Penn […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, October 24, 2014 By: Gilbert Lee, Sedgwick LLP In State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. McDermott, 2014 WL 5285335 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 15, 2014), a federal court recently held that an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against an underlying construction defect lawsuit containing causes of action sounding […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, October 23, 2014 By: Carolyn Cohn, Rihard Naidu and Avik Das As fear of Ebola infections spreads to developed economies, U.S. and British insurance companies have begun writing Ebola exclusions into standard policies to cover hospitals, event organizers and other businesses vulnerable to local disruptions. As a result, new policies and renewals will […]

Source: http://www.athleticbusiness.com, October 2014 by: Lucas Sullivan, The Columbus Dispatch Columbus will spend about $1.6 million to clean up a Near East Side park where contaminants from an old fertilizer plant were found in the soil. Last night, the Columbus City Council unanimously approved spending $309,000 for engineers to design a drain system for the […]

Source: http://www.claimsjournal.com, October 23, 2014 By: Denise Johnson As fears that an Ebola pandemic is on the horizon, many businesses are looking to insurers to allay their fears. While it is an outbreak could potentially impact several lines of insurance including, workers’ compensation, business interruption, supply chain disruption, general liability and directors & officers, Randy […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, October 22, 2014 By: Michael H. Sampson, Courtney C. T. Horrigan and Caitlin R. Garber, Reed Smith Every day, there is a new story about Ebola in the media. While some commentators suggest that the threat of Ebola in the United States is overblown – and we hope they are right – now […]

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Source: Dow Jones News Service, October 21, 2014 By: Leslie Scism A major insurer is warning customers it may impose restrictions on Ebola-related liability claims for businesses and organizations with employees traveling to West Africa, in what is believed to be the first such move by the insurance industry as economic ripple effects of the […]