Great American Insurance Group`s Environmental Division is pleased to announce the launch of its enhanced Premises Environmental Liability Insurance Policy. The policy speaks to many newer exposures now faced by site owners, operators, property managers and tenants, including: – Contingent Business Interruption – Emergency Response Costs – Green Building Materials – Methamphetamine Labs – Biological […]

Read this article here from the Spring 2013 issue of Zurich’s C&DR Briefing. It is authored by New Day’s partner, J. Kent Holland, J.D. of ConstructionRisk, LLC.

Source: http://www.lexology.com, May 30, 2013 By: Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP In a coverage dispute based on underlying environmental litigation, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that Illinois Union Insurance Co. must defend Louisiana Generating LLC in an action brought by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. “Big […]

Source: Hood River News, June 11, 2013 By: Ben Mitchell Last week, several environmental groups made good on their promise from earlier this spring to sue BNSF railroad and a handful of coal export companies for allegedly continuing to pollute a litany of Gorge waterways with coal they say is coming from improperly loaded railcars. […]

Source: http://theworldlink.com, June 11, 2013 By: Thomas Moriarty Two environmental groups are suing a South Coast contractor under the federal Clean Water Act. The groups allege the contractor negligently let 1,500 cubic yards of construction debris slide into Coalbank Slough, violating the Clean Water Act. Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition and Coos Waterkeeper filed the suit […]

Source: http://swtimes.com, June 11, 2013 By: Hicham Raache CORRECTION: Mineral oil from an OG&E transformer that fell June 1 leaked into Mill Creek, not Massard Creek in Fort Smith, Jeff Turner, director of Sebastian County Emergency Management, confirmed Tuesday, June 11. Earlier reports misidentified the creek. The effort to clean up the mineral oil that […]

Read here about a state highway contractor in Virginia who has pleaded no contest to illegal dumping.  

Read here about the millions of dollars that New Jersey will receive from several companies to settle the Passaic River pollution case.

Source: http://enr.construction.com, June 12, 2013 By: Jonathan Barnes and Richard Korman A communication breakdown at an Ontario engineering firm contributed to flaws in an inspection that failed to detect weaknesses in a mall roof before it collapsed. The engineer who wrote a report based on a visual inspection, stating that the mall roof was sound […]

Source: http://www.irmi.com, Jume 2013 By: Jeff Slivka As a project owner, it is extremely imperative to require evidence of professional liability (PL) insurance from the construction firm you hire to design and build your project. However, when you do this, what are you trying to accomplish? Over the past year, I have seen an increasing […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, June 6, 2013 By: Jennifer W. Fletcher, Michael G. Kerman, Kent W. Collier , Jennifer S. Lowndes and Laura J. Stipanowich, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Over the past fourteen years, third parties have been able to maintain a direct negligence cause of action against an individual design professional, such as an architect […]

Source: http://www.mcall.com, May 15, 2013 By: Peter Hall Coal-fired generating units will cease operation six months earlier than scheduled The owner of a power plant in Upper Mount Bethel Township has agreed to stop burning coal as part of a settlement in a lawsuit by two downwind states over air pollution. NRG Energy, which acquired […]