Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, August 18, 2022 By: Wilfred Chan It sounded like a dream come true, complete with a handsome prince riding to the rescue: the construction of 109 new, sustainable, flood-proof and affordable houses in New Orleans’s Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Lower Ninth Ward, all thanks to movie star Brad Pitt. But the houses that were built […]

Source: https://www.natlawreview.com/, August 17, 2022 We previously reported on various Georgia PFAS lawsuits that allege drinking water pollution from the carpet manufacturing industry based in Dalton, Georgia (the “carpet capital of the world”). As we reported, the lawsuits named numerous downstream users of PFAS as responsible entities in the litigation, and we predicted that the lawsuits […]

Source: https://mainebeacon.com/, August 16, 2022 By: Dan Neumann A federal judge has indicated support for one of largest environmental settlements in Maine history, signaling a possible resolution to a decades-long legal battle over mercury pollution in the Penobscot River. U.S. District Judge John Woodcock has given conditional approval to a consent decree that would require Mallinckrodt […]

Source: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/, August 16, 2022 As the rotten egg smell caused by a chemical release continues to waft in parts of South Jersey, a lawsuit has been filed against the trucking company and maker of the chemical causing the stench and a town hall is planned to address residents’ concerns. A woman filed the suit against TransChem […]

Source: https://www.vox.com/, August 16, 2022 By: Liz Scheltens In the 1950s, the US and Canada embarked on a massive project to widen the St. Lawrence River, transforming the region to facilitate commerce, attract industry, and boost both nations’ economies. But there was a third nation in the region whose people were not consulted, and whose […]

Source: https://www.kentucky.com/, August 17, 2022 By: Taylor Six A former Winchester rental company has filed a lawsuit against the city of Winchester and other defendants, alleging that the company was wrongfully denied on an insurance claim after its downtown building collapsed because the city failed to maintain its rain run-off system. Cartwright Rentals on Monday […]

Source: https://www.whiteandwilliams.com, October 22, 2020 By: Paul A. Briganti On October 19, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina held that a “hazardous materials” exclusion contained in a CGL policy did not preclude a duty to defend the insured against claims alleging bodily injury resulting from direct exposure to perfluorooctane […]

Source: https://www.courthousenews.com/, August 13, 2022 By: Gabriel Tynes Jerome Haley said he often hears alarms sounding at the Olin plant in McIntosh, Alabama. So often in fact, that he and his neighbors pay little attention to them anymore. Years ago, Haley said, management at the Olin plant and a neighboring chemical plant, which at the […]

Source: https://www.fox2detroit.com/, August 11, 2022 A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in a dispute over whether two engineering firms should bear some responsibility for Flint’s lead-contaminated water. Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newman, known as LAN, were accused of not doing enough to get […]

Source: https://www.bizjournals.com/, August 9, 2022 By: Matt Markovich Construction design contracts address important legal issues and allocate risk between design professionals and owners. But some owners do not adequately scrutinize the provisions of contracts because the legal terms and conditions are typically attached to the very end of the proposal and are written in fine […]

Source: https://news-bulletin.com/, August 11, 2022 By: Theresa Davis Residents at Jubilee in Los Lunas have a sand problem. In recent months, they say the fine particles have seeped through windows, piled up in backyards and lodged under roof shingles. The Los Lunas homeowners are now suing the businesses behind the Sierra Vista development on N.M. […]

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, August 9, 2022 By: Laura Schulte Contaminated soil was found along an oil pipeline in northern Wisconsin, a mile from the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa reservation. The contaminated soil was found in the area around the existing Enbridge Energy Line 5 pipeline, which transports 545,000 barrels a day of […]