Source: Associated Press, December 2, 2021 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com The family of a leukemia patient who contracted Legionnaires’ disease at UW Hospital in 2018 has filed a lawsuit seeking damages in his death. Siblings of 66-year-old Dennis Frye filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court alleging the hospital was negligent because its […]

Source: https://voiceofoc.org/, December 1, 2021 By: Brandon Pho Santa Ana’s industrial water pollution issue is once again spilling into the spotlight, as sheet metal workers take action against their factory over safety complaints and water contamination that’s exceeded allowable levels under the Clean Water Act for years. Pollution levels in stormwater discharged by the Kingspan […]

Source: https://midhudsonnews.com/, November 22, 2021 Sullivan County Government has begun a detailed environmental investigation of contamination at the Sullivan County International Airport in Swan Lake. The airport is listed as a Class 2 site in the State Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites in the list of State Superfund sites. A Class 2 site represents […]

Source: https://democratherald.com/, November 17, 2021 By: Cody Mann An engineering firm is paying $24 million to settle lawsuits from the cities of Albany, Lebanon and Millersburg, according to documents obtained through public records requests. The lawsuits stem from failed wastewater treatment plant technology. The new owner of CH2M Hill, Jacobs Engineering, will pay $12 million to […]

Source: https://patch.com/, November 17, 2021 By: Jeff Edwards An environmental study is recommending that contamination cleanup steps be taken at a former auto repair shop in downtown New Rochelle, according to the The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). The report concluded that the contamination found at the location at Centre Avenue and Westchester […]

Source: https://www.mdjonline.com/, November 11, 2021 By: Andrew Steele The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority on Wednesday ratified the settlement of a lawsuit involving Honeywell International in a 7-0 vote that came without a description of the settlement’s details, which were deemed confidential by the parties involved. The airport has, however, been plaintiff since 2017 in a […]

Source: https://www.newsobserver.com/, November 13, 2021 Students and parents who say they suffered brain injuries from exposure to toxic chemicals at a Monroe, Washington, public school were awarded $62 million by a jury this week. The Seattle Times reports that Wednesday’s decision is the second successful lawsuit involving noxious conditions at the school. Read more.  

Source: https://www.natlawreview.com/, November 12, 2021 As of September 1, 2021, in a change to Texas case law that had been in place for over a century, Texas contractors now have protection in certain circumstances from liability for defective plans and specifications provided to the contractor by someone else. In the 1907 Texas Supreme Court case Lonergan […]

Source: https://www.reuters.com/, November 10, 2021 By: Brendan Pierson A U.S. jury on Wednesday ordered Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) to pay $62 million to students and others who say they were exposed to toxic chemicals made by the company’s predecessor, Monsanto Co, in a school building in Washington state. The verdict was the second against Bayer over polychlorinated biphenyls, […]

Source: https://waterfm.com/, November 12, 2021 SL Environmental Law Group has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Water Replenishment District (WRD) against 3M Company, E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc., and other manufacturers of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) for their involvement in the manufacture and sale of per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that have contaminated groundwater […]

Source: https://westfaironline.com/, November 15, 2021 By: Bill Heltzel A Bronxville landlord claims that the village’s ACME supermarket owes $172,482 for contaminating soil under its parking lot next to the store. GA Family-Bronxville Holdings accused ACME of negligence and breach of contract, in a complaint filed Nov. 9 in Westchester Supreme Court, stemming from renovations in […]

Source: https://www.pnj.com/, November 11, 2021 By: Alex Miller Brown Construction of Northwest Florida and Midway Water System have both released their warning letter responses to the cross-connection that contaminated drinking water at about 340 homes in Gulf Breeze’s Soundside Drive neighborhood. The two new responses come after the city of Gulf Breeze’s after-action report was released Nov. 1. The […]