Read Zurich’s white paper here to learn how Section 240 of New York’s Labor Law could impact your clients.

Source: Sri Lanka Daily News, March 4, 2014 Posted on: http://constfpn.advisen.com According to the United States Green Building Council, building structures account for 38 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions, and 39 percent of the total energy used, nationwide. Environmental concerns have made the use of natural and recyclable resources a priority. Not surprisingly, green […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2014 Posted on: http://constfpn.advisen.com A nearly $60-million, taxpayer-funded football stadium in Allen, Texas, north of Dallas, was closed indefinitely this week, 18 months after opening, because of “extensive cracking” along the concrete concourse, district officials said. The stadium was a showy marvel when built and regarded as the nation’s […]

Read here about how the minimal number of asbestos inspectors in Iowa is impacting proper handling of asbestos removal projects.

Source: Targeted News Service, February 28, 2014 Posted on: http://constfpn.advisen.com New York state’s unique “scaffold law,” or Labor Law 240, designed to keep construction sites safe, is actually doing just the opposite: It is causing hundreds of injuries while costing the public millions of dollars. The scaffold law places liability for construction site injuries solely […]

Read here about an architecture firm in Texas that says their design is not to blame for cracking at a football stadium.

Source: http://www.natlawreview.com, March 3, 2014 By: Seth Lamden, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP On February 27, 2014, the Insurance Committee of the Indiana State Senate voted 6 to 3 against House Bill 1241, which would have amended the Indiana Insurance Code to specify the manner in which the term “pollutant” must be construed in liability insurance […]

Source: http://www.vindy.com, March 4, 2014 By: Emmalee C. Torisk Executors of the estates of Ken Stiver and Gary Wilson have filed a lawsuit against 10 companies and corporations — including the city of Struthers — they say are responsible for the March 1, 2012, waste-treatment plant explosion that resulted in the men’s deaths. The lawsuit, […]

Source: http://www3.gendisasters.com, January 16, 2009 By: Stu Beitler An explosion of chemicals, followed by a fire, at the plant of the Chandler Oilcloth Works, at Yardville, three miles from here, tonight resulted in the death of three men, serious injuries to six others — two of whom are not expected to live — and caused […]

Source: The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA), March 1, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A state appellate court on Friday rejected on all counts an appeal by the city of Petaluma and environmental groups that challenged county approval of the Dutra Materials asphalt plant just south of Petaluma. The unanimous ruling, signed by a three-judge panel […]

Source: Alaska Journal of Commerce, February 28, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The State of Alaska will file suit against Flint Hills Resources and Williams Cos., in an effort to sort out liability issues connected with a large underground spill of sulfolane, a chemical used in refining, at the refinery at North Pole, near Fairbanks, Alaska […]

Source: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA), March 1, 2014 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Facing complaints from South Los Angeles residents living near oil fields, the Los Angeles City Council moved Friday to place a moratorium on fracking and other drilling methods, a move opposed by oil companies. On a 10-0 vote, the City Council ordered that […]