Source: http://articles.philly.com, June 9, 2007 By: Jeremy Rogoff Residents of parts of West Conshohocken and Upper Merion were advised to stay indoors yesterday after a dump truck carrying 40,000 pounds of sulfur waste overturned yesterday morning on a Blue Route off-ramp, spilling its load and causing a cloud of hazardous gas to form. Traffic was […]

Read here about a Wisconsin school that settled a mold case with a builder.

Source: http://findarticles.com, February 8, 2007 By: Joe Grundle The families of three workers killed in the Dec. 6 propane explosion at the Falk Corp. plant have sued Milwaukee mechanical contractor J.M. Brennan Inc. for negligence. Robert Habush, attorney for the families of Thomas LeTendre, Curtis Lane and Daniel Kuster, announced the lawsuit Wednesday afternoon at […]

Source: http://www.weitzlux.com A March 2003 article in the New York Daily News reported on a mesothelioma personal injury verdict/settlement regarding an ex-boilermaker who was awarded $47 million yesterday by a jury that blamed his lung cancer on years of working with asbestos. Robert Croteau, 53, of Pottstown, Pa., was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a fatal lung […]

Source: http://realasbestoslawsuits.blogspot.com, Mealey’s Litigation Report, 2/15/2002 In one of the largest compensatory verdicts for a single plaintiff in the history of Asbestos litigation, a New York jury on Feb. 8 awarded a Mesothelioma victim and his family a $53 million verdict for his Asbestos exposure as a brake mechanic (Patricia Brown, Individually and as Executrix […]

Source: http://www.boe.ca.gov, March 26, 2009 The state Board of Equalization said Wednesday it is planning to leave the troubled office building it has called home since 1993 after another watery and moldy weekend at its 450 N St. headquarters. The agency disclosed its plans after yet another water pipe burst at BOE headquarters Sunday, showering […]

Source: http://www.kplr11.com, April 24, 2009 Anhydrous Ammonia Leaking Near Du Quoin Several homes have been evacuated along with a school in Du Quoin, Illinois where a tanker truck carrying a dangerous chemical has overturned. The wreck happened on Highway 51, just south of Du Quoin, which is about 70 miles from St. Louis. The truck […]

Source: http://today.duke.edu, August 31, 2006 A Duke official said the mold does not present any serious health risks to students Duke University officials have discovered a common form of mold in two residence halls on West Campus and will begin treating it next week. A Duke official said the mold does not present any serious […]

Source: http://weitzlux.blogspot.com, March 6, 2007 Construction is a high-hazard occupation, accounting for the third-highest rate of death by injury, according to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. By law, employers are bound to mitigate the dangers inherent to the job wherever possible. This includes ensuring that the surrounding areas to the work site […]

Source: http://kcpw.org, April 24, 2009 A half-gallon of hazardous waste leaked from an EnergySolutions tanker in Carbon County last month. But the incident has only now come to light. The company held an extensive media roundtable earlier this week but failed to mention the incident. Spokesman Mark Walker says the company followed standard reporting procedure […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, April 21, 2009 By: Lucy Bodilly The general contractor and structural engineer involved in a November, 2006 crane collapse in Bellevue, Wash., settled a civil lawsuit with the family of the man who died when the 210-ft tower crane’s boom hit his apartment. Details of the settlement, announced April 20, were not disclosed. […]

Source: http://www.greenwichtime.com, July 26, 2011 By: Lisa Chamoff Construction of a new auditorium at Greenwich High School has hit another roadblock, with contaminated soil found during excavation work in the parking lot behind the school just a couple of weeks after the district broke ground on the $29 million project. Board of Education Vice Chairman […]