Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, March 20, 2008 An Environmental Protection Agency appeals board has upheld a $3 million penalty against a Virginia company that owns gas stations in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The Environmental Appeals Board filed a complaint in 2002 against Euclid of Virginia Inc. for violating rules meant to detect and prevent fuel leaks […]

Source: Bangor Daily News, Bangor, ME, December 16, 2006 It was a musty odor that alerted library officials to a problem at Abbott Memorial Library. At least two air quality audits revealed nothing wrong with the air quality, but officials did find a problem with moisture in the basement, the Town Council learned Thursday. “We […]

Source: Mortgage Servicing News, July 3, 2006 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The steady growth of mold litigation has not slowed in the commercial and resident real estate industries, according to the Greenguard Environmental Institute, which says this expanding legal gray area has compelled lenders to protect their mortgage portfolios by working with insurers and environmental consultants […]

Source: http://www.kentucky.com, April 29, 2011 By: Dori Hjalmarson Four coal companies have settled a lawsuit by 91 residents along Quicksand Creek in Breathitt County who claimed poor reclamation of surface mines exacerbated flooding after heavy rains in May 2009. The terms of the settlement are confidential, said the plaintiffs’ attorney Ned Pillersdorf, but others called […]

Source: http://articles.boston.com, May 2, 2011 By: Beth Daley The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is preparing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against several companies for the catastrophic water main break last year that cut off clean water to nearly 2 million Boston-area residents for more than two days. The region’s water supplier says a panel has nearly completed […]

Source: http://www.knoxnews.com, May 1, 2011 By: Natalie Neysa Alund From debris cleanup and odor elimination to water sampling and machinery replacement, daily reports reflect what’s been happening at the Gatlinburg Wastewater Treatment Plant since a basin wall collapsed last month and killed two workers. Although reconstruction is under way at the Banner Road facility where the […]

Source: http://www.lohud.com, May 1, 2011 By: Jorge Fitz-Gibbon and Jonathan Bandler Multimillion-dollar mistakes, design flaws and obstacles for which state engineers failed to account drove the cost of the Interstate 287 reconstruction up more than $67 million and delayed completion of the decade-long project by two years, a Journal News investigation reveals. Taxpayers have spent […]

Source: http://www.sbnonline.com, May 1, 2011 Virtually every real property deal carries a risk of environmental liability. Prior to acquiring or leasing a site, the business should consult a competent transactional lawyer to negotiate contractual protections in the contract or lease that minimize the exposure and risk of environmental liability. These protections may include lengthy due […]

Source: http://www.orchidforchange.com, December 1, 2005 Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager announced that her office has settled civil cases brought against Neumann Enterprises, Inc., D.F. Tomasini Contractors, Inc., and New Berlin Grading, Inc., for their alleged violations of erosion control laws at a Waukesha County residential real estate development known as “Thurow’s Golden View Estates.” The three defendants […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, April 17, 2006 By: Tony Illia The Los Angeles Unified School District is locked in a high-stakes legal battle with its insurer, American International Group, over a $100-million policy it bought to cover rising cleanup costs at school construction sites found to be contaminated with toxic substances. The lawsuit, filed in L.A. County […]

Source:  The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 9, 2009 By: Jan Heffler The now-shuttered Kiddie Kollege Day Care in Gloucester County is not the only place where children have inhaled poisonous mercury vapors, according to a national study. Children were exposed to the vapors in hundreds of cases over a six-year period ended in 2007. Fourteen incidents […]

Source: Real Estate Weekly, August 28, 2002 By: Sharon M. Stecker; Brian J. Ruffe; Eric Harrison In the early 1990s Elizabeth Stroot and Joletta Watson resided at the Haverford Place Apartments in Wilmington, Delaware. The tenancies of both women were marred by persistent water leaks and mold. A kitchen sink leaked onto a bedroom ceiling, causing discoloration and […]