Source: https://topclassactions.com/, October 10, 2019 By: Steven Cohen The San Francisco 49ers have reached a $24 million settlement with fans who claim that Levi’s Stadium has thousand of non-compliant access barriers that prevent those with mobility disabilities from enjoying the game. Plaintiffs Abdul and Priscilla Nevarez have filed a motion for preliminary approval of the […]

Source: https://www.sfchronicle.com/, October 9, 2019 By: Bob Egelko The 49ers and Santa Clara have agreed to pay $24 million and make Levi’s Stadium and its parking lot more accessible to people with disabilities in a proposed settlement with fans in wheelchairs, who said they encountered barriers in buying tickets, parking, reaching their seats and even […]

Source: https://www.athleticbusiness.com/, December 2017 By: Kristi Schoepfer-Bochicchio The Americans with Disabilities Act became law in 1990. It prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including all places open to the general public. Levi’s Stadium opened as the home of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers in 2014, and today ranks as […]

Source: https://www.wcnc.com/, November 18, 2019 By: Nathan Morabito A state lawmaker is promising action after an NBC Charlotte investigation uncovered patient illnesses and even deaths linked to hospital water across the Carolinas. The bacteria responsible was non-tuberculosis mycobacteria. “We’ve got a problem. We’ve got to address that,” Rep. Mary Belk (D), NC-District 88 said. “I […]

Source: https://www.wisn.com/, November 18, 2019 Some West Bend residents are concerned chemicals from a nearby landfill may be seeping into their homes. “There’s a lot of people with health concerns, and you don’t know if you’re gonna get sick or what. You don’t know,” resident Paul Johnson said. Read more

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, November 19, 2019 By: Lee Bergquist A state Department of Natural Resources official on Monday rejected a proposal from Johnson Controls International that would have the DNR — and not the company — oversee the extent of industrial contamination on thousands of acres in northeastern Wisconsin. The Glendale company had been ordered to provide the DNR […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/, Environmental Insider Be ready when life happens. These waste management situations illustrate the variety of environmental exposures that could affect your customers! A manufacturing company performed routine drum washing operations. Over time, solvent laced wash water migrated through cracks in the concrete and into the subsurface soils and groundwater. The plume of solvents […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/, Environmental Insider Dirt – it’s a simple thing that can be more complicated than you might think – especially when it comes to construction projects and environmental impacts. Many construction sites require dirt, or “fill” for final grading of a site. Site work often involves the removal of tanks, building foundations, older roads, etc., […]

Source: https://legalnewsline.com/, November 18, 2019 By: Marian Johns Honeywell is claiming that Citgo is responsible for much of the millions it has spent cleaning up the release of petroleum and related hazardous substances in the land areas around New York’s Onodaga Lake. Honeywell International Inc. filed a complaint Sept. 30 in the U.S. District Court for the […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, November 13, 2019 By: Paula Gardner A former Big Three automotive parts factory located just yards from the Huron River is responsible for PFAS in groundwater at higher levels than previously found, state officials disclosed this month. Existing contamination at 2800 Zeeb Road in Scio Township goes back to when the Dexter-area building was owned […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, November 13, 2019 By: Judy Greenwald Formal presentations to underwriters can help risk managers of construction firms navigate the hardening market when buying or renewing insurance, says a broker. “We do that with several clients,” said Steven D. Davis, Birmingham, Alabama-based senior vice president and director of the construction division at McGriff, Seibels […]

Source: Seattle Times, November 14, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/ Seattle Children’s hospital said it is closing all operating rooms on its Seattle campus for at least five days in an effort to get a handle on a recurring mold problem that, since last year, has killed one patient and sickened at least six others. The […]