Source: http://www.riskandinsurance.com, October 15, 2011 By: Rob Hughes For engineers and construction professionals, Marcellus Shale presents enticing opportunities, but firms need to weigh risks and seek the advice of a broker as pollution liability insurance policies differ by carrier. As engineering firms and construction professionals seek to capitalize on opportunities presented by the growing number […]

Source: http://www.toledoblade.com, October 16, 2011 By: Nolan Rosenkrans A group of West Toledo residents has filed a class-action lawsuit against a contractor and an engineering firm they claim caused water and sewage damage to their homes and businesses during an August storm. The case, filed Friday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court by more than […]

Source: http://www.delmarvanow.com, October 22, 2011 By: Sarah Lake As a jury trial for the city’s lawsuit regarding its faulty wastewater treatment plant approaches, the roster of defendants is growing. O’Brien & Gere, the company that designed the plant, and Construction Dynamics Group Inc., the project’s construction manager, have filed complaints that will pull a total […]

Source: http://www.riskandinsurance.com, October 15, 2011 By: Mitch Cohen, New Day Underwriting Managers Building information modeling technology eases the interaction between the owner, the design team and the general contractor, and that can raise the risk of higher professional liability exposures. In this tough economic environment, project owners are continually seeking the best methods for leveraging […]

Read here about a Nebraska contractor being sued by nuns after a mold outbreak at their monastery.

Source: Ecology, Environment & Conservation, October 21, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com In July, it was reported in the Marin Independent Journal that former business owners of a retail store filed a lawsuit against their past landlords in Fairfax, California. The suit alleges that the property owners knew of improperly disposed of perchloroethylene at the shopping […]

Read here about the EPA’s plans to increase regulation of the natural gas extraction industry.

Read here about a town in Pennsylvania where methane has leaked into the groundwater.

Published in Risk and Insurance Magazine and authored by New Day’s own Mitch Cohen Source: http://www.riskandinsurance.com, October 15, 2011 Building information modeling technology eases the interaction between the owner, the design team and the general contractor, and that can raise the risk of higher professional liability exposures. By MITCH COHEN, an assistant vice president at New […]

Source: http://www.foxnews.com, October 7, 2011 A New York high school put its students on alert Thursday after confirming a case of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, less than a year after one of its wrestling stars was hospitalized for almost a month with the superbug. The school district of Hauppauge, a town in Long Island’s Suffolk […]

Read here about how a Utah extermination company and its former employee pleaded guilty to misapplication of a pesticide.

Read here about an Idaho mining company that will pay millions to the federal government to settle the clean up of the Silver Valley.