Source: http://www.inforum.com, February 4, 2012 By: Amy Dalrymple North Dakota State University is suing three contractors over the December 2009 collapse of Minard Hall, a setback that authorities say added nearly $5 million to the cost of renovating the largest academic building on campus. In a court complaint, the attorney for NDSU alleges 21 counts […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, February 3, 2012 XL Group’s insurance segment has launched enhanced pollution protection for real estate portfolios. The product will be available through the segment’s environmental team. The new product is aimed toward portfolio property owners and managers, developer and redevelopers, and real estate investment trusts (REITs). However, all types of portfolios – commercial, […]

Source: Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA), February 3, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A lawsuit claiming a boy was sickened by longstanding moldy conditions at his elementary school will move forward against the School Board and two of its employees, albeit with fewer claims, a judge decided this week. Circuit Judge Rodham T. Delk Jr. dismissed claims of simple negligence […]

Source: Beazley, A&E Reporter, Volume 7, Issue 1 – January 2012 In this edition of “You Asked, We Answer!” we address the question of whether a design professional should admit liability to its client if it’s obvious the design professional made a mistake on a project. From a risk management and professional liability perspective, there […]

Source: Beazley, A&E Reporter, Volume 7, Issue 1 – January 2012 New Mexico Statute Prohibits Choice of Law Provisions Design professionals performing services on projects located in New Mexico are advised that the New Mexico legislature passed House Bill 64 which enacted NMSA (1978) 57-28A-1, and applies to all construction contracts entered into on or after […]

Source: Beazley, A&E Reporter, Volume 7, Issue 1 – January 2012 By: Colleen M. Palmer, Esq. Happy New Year from Beazley Group! As we begin the new year, we take this opportunity to highlight some important case law of 2011 affecting the design and construction industry. Duty of Care: Lack of median barrier creates legal […]

Read here about work resuming at a Cleveland casino after a floor collapsed in late January.

Read here about a portion of a parking deck at a new casino in Cleveland that has collapsed.

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 2, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com An estimated 9,000 gallons of jet fuel leaked from a Shell Oil Co. pipeline at Mitchell International Airport in late January and a contractor will begin excavating near a taxiway early Friday in search of the pipe break, a Shell spokesperson said Thursday. The work […]

Source: http://www.wndu.com, January 31, 2012 By: Kevin Lewis A local woman says she’s battled pneumonia, extreme fatigue and weight loss because of toxic mold in her apartment. The battle began in Feb. 2010 when Zola Blivin, 72, moved into the Kensard Manor Apartments, located along E. 12th Street in Mishawaka. Blivin says she’s called management, […]

Source: http://www.sbsun.com, February 1, 2012 By: Jim Steinberg Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has agreed to pay a $3.6 million fine for violating a regulatory agency’s order to contain a plume of chromium 6 contaminated water to the boundaries known in 2008, company and regulatory officials confirmed Wednesday night. Since the third quarter of 2011, […]

Read here about a Mississippi company that is appealing a $7.6 million award to the family of man claiming to have contracted silicosis as a result of his job with the company.