Source: http://www.jsonline.com, July 13, 2014 By: Don Behm The abandoned Milwaukee Die Casting plant’s legacy of toxic chemical contamination is being fully revealed this year in its demolition — a cleanup that could cost former operators as much as $10 million, federal and state environmental officials said. Much of the expense will come from properly […]

Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com, September 25, 2014 By: Amanda Duncan Environmental issues and regulations impact coverage There are literally tens of thousands of medical facilities throughout the U.S., from large hospital campuses to corner drugstores. The healthcare industry is growing rapidly and facilities will continue to expand to match patient and technology demands. As the industry evolves, […]

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com, September 25, 2014 By: Michael McNaughton, Sedgwick LLP The insurance and construction industries have disagreed about coverage claims involving faulty workmanship for many years.  Contractors believe their CGL insurance policies should always cover property damage caused by defects and poor workmanship, and insurance carriers resist insuring business risks that are solely within a […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 25, 2014 By: Peter D. Laun, Jones Day On September 18, 2014, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected the petition for allowance of appeal filed by National Union of the Superior Court’s decision in Indalex Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh PA, 83 A.3d 418, 421 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2013).  […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2014 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com Port of Los Angeles authorities are beginning an extensive harbor cleanup in the aftermath of a fire that burned through much of a wharf and released toxic gases and smoke into surrounding communities. The largest fire at the port in decades erupted Monday night, devouring […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 22, 2014 By: Amy B. Briggs, David B. Killalea , Stephen T. Raptis, Robert H. Shulman and Susan P. White, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP Why it matters A federal district court in Texas strictly construed a pollution exclusion in finding that hazardous materials embedded in mud were not “dispersed” and thus […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, September 22, 2014 By: Louis C. Hochman Dozens of contaminated buildings at the 263-acre Radiation Technology Superfund site — once used for testing and developing rocket engines and propellant — will be knocked down under a plan announced Monday. In all, 34 buildings and structures at the Lake Denmark Road property — contaminated […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 18, 2014 By: Cynthia A.M. Stroman, King & Spalding LLP For the past several years, the rapid growth of oil and natural gas production from shale and other unconventional sources has prompted vocal and often sensationalized concerns regarding the potential for migration of gas from hydraulic fracturing operations into sources of drinking […]

Source: http://www.post-gazette.com, September 18, 2014 By: Don Hopey Range Resources will pay a $4.15 million penalty to settle violations related to six Marcellus Shale gas drilling and fracking wastewater impoundments in Washington County that contaminated soil and groundwater, state officials said. It’s the largest fine ever imposed against a Marcellus Shale gas drilling company, according […]

Source: http://trib.com, September 17, 2014 By: Benjamin Storrow A pair of national studies concluding fracking did not contaminate drinking water supplies in Pennsylvania and Texas have little bearing on an ongoing investigation into the dirty water found near Pavillion, according to industry experts. One study, done by the U.S. Department of Energy in western Pennsylvania, […]

Source: http://www.wbiw.com, September 18, 2014 A Walmart returns processing center in Indianapolis is contaminated with a toxic substance, and WTHR 13 Investigators learned hundreds of workers at the evacuated facility are now undergoing medical testing to see if they were exposed. Bob Segall and Sandra Chapman, of WTHR 13 reports, the contamination involves a massive […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, September 19, 2014 By: Jonathan Matisse A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a $2.9 million settlement that would benefit 300,000 people whose water was contaminated in a January chemical spill. Judge Ronald Pearson filed the order this past Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Charleston. Pearson’s approval lets a U.S. District Court judge […]