Source: https://news.northwestern.edu/, August 18, 2022 By: Amanda Morris PFAS, a group of manufactured chemicals commonly used since the 1940s, are called “forever chemicals” for a reason. Bacteria can’t eat them; fire can’t incinerate them; and water can’t dilute them. And, if these toxic chemicals are buried, they leach into surrounding soil, becoming a persistent problem […]

Source: https://www.nbcwashington.com/, August 20, 2022 By: Jackie Bensen Residents of base housing at the Fort Belvoir Army Installation in Fairfax County, Virginia, say they’re experiencing asthma flareups, skin rashes, headaches and other health problems due to mold in their homes. The residents said they don’t fault the U.S. Army but the company hired to build […]

Source: https://lawstreetmedia.com/, August 17, 2022 By: David Herman The state of New Hampshire has sued McCord Corporation, alleging violations of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) over environmental damage that McCord’s subsidiary (then named Davidson Rubber, Inc.), allegedly caused at its factory. According to the complaint, between 1966 and 2006, Davidson Rubber’s manufacture of  […]

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 […]